''Insulasaurus wrighti'', also known
commonly as Wright's sphenomorphus, is a
species of
skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...
, a
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Scincidae. The species is
endemic to
Palawan in the
Philippines.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''wrighti'', is in honor of American philanthropist
John Dutton Wright (1866–1952), who financed
Taylor
Taylor, Taylors or Taylor's may refer to:
People
* Taylor (surname)
**List of people with surname Taylor
* Taylor (given name), including Tayla and Taylah
* Taylor sept, a branch of Scottish clan Cameron
* Justice Taylor (disambiguation)
Plac ...
's collecting trip to Palawan.
[ Beolens B, Watkins M, ]Grayson M
Grayson may refer to:
Places Canada
* Grayson, Saskatchewan
* Rural Municipality of Grayson No. 184, Saskatchewan
United States
* Grayson, California
* Grayson, Georgia
** Grayson High School
* Grayson, Kentucky
* Grayson, Louisiana
* Gray ...
(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Sphenomorphus wrighti'', p. 290).
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat of ''I. wrighti'' is unknown; specimens have been collected at an altitude of .
Description
''I. wrighti'' is a medium-sized skink measuring in
snout-to-vent length.
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Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of ''I. wrighti'' is unknown.[
]
References
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).
Insulasaurus
Reptiles of the Philippines
Endemic fauna of the Philippines
Fauna of Palawan
Reptiles described in 1925
Taxa named by Edward Harrison Taylor
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