Sphenomorphus

Sphenomorphus
Sphenomorphus nigrolabris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia (paraphyletic)
Subclass:	Diapsida
(unranked):	Sauria
Infraclass:	Lepidosauromorpha
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scleroglossa
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Lygosominae
Genus:	Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843
Species
Presently almost 120, but see text
Synonyms
Hinulia Gray, 1845 Spenopmorphus [sic] (lapsus)

The genus Sphenomorphus – vernacularly known as the common skinks – currently serves as a "wastebin taxon" for a large number of skinks. While most or all species presently placed here are probably rather close relatives, the genus as presently delimited is likely to be not monophyletic and is in need of review.^[1]

The namesake of the Sphenomorphus group of Lygosominae genera, most species would probably occupy a rather basal position therein.^[2]

Provisional species list

Sphenomorphus abdictus Sphenomorphus acutus Sphenomorphus aesculeticola Sphenomorphus amblyplacodes Sphenomorphus annectens Sphenomorphus anotus Sphenomorphus arborens Sphenomorphus assatus (Cope, 1864) Sphenomorphus atrigularis Sphenomorphus beauforti Sphenomorphus beyeri Sphenomorphus bignelli Sphenomorphus biparietalis Sphenomorphus bruneus Sphenomorphus buenloicus Sphenomorphus buettikoferi Sphenomorphus bukitensis Sphenomorphus capitolythos Shea & Michels, 2008 Sphenomorphus celebense Sphenomorphus cherriei (Cope, 1893) – encinela-selvática café Sphenomorphus cinereus Sphenomorphus concinnatus (Boulenger, 1887) Sphenomorphus consobrinus Sphenomorphus courcyanum Sphenomorphus coxi Sphenomorphus cranei Sphenomorphus crassa Sphenomorphus cumingi Sphenomorphus cyanolaemus Sphenomorphus darlingtoni Sphenomorphus decipiens Sphenomorphus derroyae Sphenomorphus diwata Sphenomorphus dorsicatenatus Sphenomorphus dussumieri – Dussumier's forest skink Sphenomorphus fasciatus Sphenomorphus florensis Sphenomorphus forbesi Sphenomorphus fragosus

Sphenomorphus grandisonae Sphenomorphus granulatus Sphenomorphus haasi Sphenomorphus hallieri Sphenomorphus helenae Sphenomorphus incertus (L. Stuart, 1940) – encinela-selvática hojarasquera Sphenomorphus incognitus Sphenomorphus indicus – Indian forest skink Sphenomorphus ishaki Sphenomorphus jagori Sphenomorphus jobiensis (Meyer, 1874) Sphenomorphus kinabaluensis Sphenomorphus kitangladensis Sphenomorphus knollmanae Sphenomorphus kuehnei Sphenomorphus langkawiensis Sphenomorphus laterimaculatus Sphenomorphus lawtoni Sphenomorphus leptofasciatus Sphenomorphus leucospilos Sphenomorphus lineopunctulatus Sphenomorphus llanosi Sphenomorphus luzonense Sphenomorphus maculatus – spotted forest skink Sphenomorphus maculicollus Sphenomorphus maindroni Sphenomorphus malayanum Sphenomorphus megalops Sphenomorphus microtympanus Sphenomorphus mimicus Sphenomorphus mimikanum Sphenomorphus mindanensis Sphenomorphus minutus Sphenomorphus modigliani Sphenomorphus muelleri – forest skink, Müllers Keilskink[3][4] Sphenomorphus multisquamatus Sphenomorphus murudensis Sphenomorphus necopinatus Sphenomorphus neuhaussi

Sphenomorphus nigrolabris Sphenomorphus nigrolineata Sphenomorphus nitens Sphenomorphus oligolepis Sphenomorphus praesignis Sphenomorphus pratti Sphenomorphus puncticentralis Sphenomorphus rarus Sphenomorphus rufocaudatus Sphenomorphus sabanus Sphenomorphus sanctus Sphenomorphus sarasinorus Sphenomorphus schultzei Sphenomorphus scotophilus Sphenomorphus scutatus (W. Peters, 1867) – Palauan Skink Sphenomorphus shelfordi Sphenomorphus sibuensis Sphenomorphus simus Sphenomorphus solomonis Sphenomorphus steerei Sphenomorphus stellatus Sphenomorphus stickeli Sphenomorphus striatopunctatum Sphenomorphus striolatus Sphenomorphus tagapayo Sphenomorphus taiwanensis Sphenomorphus tanahtinggi Sphenomorphus tanneri Sphenomorphus taylori Sphenomorphus temmincki Sphenomorphus tenuiculus Sphenomorphus tonkinensis Sphenomorphus transversus Sphenomorphus tridigitus (formerly in Saiphos) Sphenomorphus tropidonotus Sphenomorphus undulatus Sphenomorphus vanheurni Sphenomorphus variegatus Sphenomorphus victoria Sphenomorphus wolfi Sphenomorphus woodfordi Sphenomorphus wrighti

"Hinulia" elegans, described by Gray in 1838, is unidentified, but may be Eulamprus tenuis,^[5] which is also known as Concinnia tenuis (Gray, 1831).

Footnotes

1. Greer et al. (2006).
2. Austin & Arnold (2006).
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphenomorphus muelleri, p. 184)
4. "Sphenomorphus muelleri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
5. Shea & Michels (2008).

References

• Austin, J.J. & Arnold, E.N. (2006): Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)
• Greer, Allen E.; David, Patrick & Teynié, Alexandre (2006): The Southeast Asian scincid lizard Siaphos tridigitus Bourret, 1939 (Reptilia, Scincidae): a second specimen. Zoosystema 28 (3): 785-790. PDF fulltext
• Shea, G.M. & Michels, J.P. (2008): A replacement name for Sphenomorphus keiensis (Kopstein, 1926) from the southeastern Moluccas, Indonesia (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) with a redescription of the species. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 82 (52): 737-747. PDF