Lygosoma bowringii
Lygosoma bowringii | |
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Lygosoma bowringii from Bulon Le Island, Andaman Sea, Thailand | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Sauria |
Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
Family: | Scincidae |
Subfamily: | Lygosominae |
Genus: | Lygosoma |
Species: | L. bowringii |
Binomial name | |
Lygosoma bowringii (Günther, 1864) | |
Lygosoma bowringii, commonly known as the Christmas Island grass-skink or Bowring's supple skink, is a species of scincid lizard endemic to Southeast Asia.
Geographic range
- West Malaysia, Pulau Tioman, Johor
- Pulau Besar, Pulau Sibu; India (Andaman Islands),
- Philippines (Sulu Archipelago),
- Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra ?, Java, Sulawesi),
- China (Hong Kong ), Singapore, India,
- Indochina west to Myanmar (= Burma), Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
- Australia (Cook Islands)
Type locality: Hong Kong.
References
- Boulenger GA. 1887. An account of the Scincoid Lizards collected from Burma for the Genoa Civic Museum by Messrs. G.B. Comotto and L. Fea. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, Series 2, 4: 618-624.
- Günther A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor & Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. (Eumeces bowringii, new species, p. 91).
External links
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- Lygosoma bowringii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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