Insulasaurus wrighti

Insulasaurus wrighti, also known commonly as Wright's sphenomorphus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Palawan in the Philippines.[1][2]

Insulasaurus wrighti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Insulasaurus
Species:
I. wrighti
Binomial name
Insulasaurus wrighti
Taylor, 1925
Synonyms[2]
  • Insulasaurus wrighti
    Taylor, 1925
  • Sphenomorphus wrighti
    — Greer & F. Parker, 1967
  • Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) wrighti
    — W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1970
  • Sphenomorphus wrighti
    — W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1980
  • Insulasaurus wrighti
    — Linkem, Diesmos & R.M. Brown, 2011

Etymology

The specific name, wrighti, is in honor of American philanthropist John Dutton Wright (1866–1952), who financed Taylor's collecting trip to Palawan.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of I. wrighti is unknown; specimens have been collected at an altitude of 300 m (980 ft).[1]

Description

I. wrighti is a medium-sized skink measuring 45–64 mm (1.8–2.5 in) in snout-to-vent length.[2]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of I. wrighti is unknown.[2]

References
  1. Brown, R.; Dimalibot, J. (2009). "Insulasaurus wrighti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T169886A6686358. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169886A6686358.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Insulasaurus wrighti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 June 2020.
  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 wrighti, p. 290).

Further reading
  • Linkem CW, Diesmos AC, Brown RM (2011). "Molecular systematics of the Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Sphenomorphus): testing morphological hypotheses of interspecific relationships". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163: 1217–1243.
  • Taylor EH (1925). "Additions to the Herpetological Fauna of the Philippines, IV". Philippine Journal of Science 26: 97–111. (Insulasaurus wrighti, new species, p. 103).



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