''Lygosoma schneideri'', also known
commonly as Schneider's writhing skink and the Sumatran supple skink, is a
species
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of
lizard in the
family
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Scincidae. The species is
endemic
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to
Indonesia
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.
Etymology
The
specific name, ''schneideri'', is in honor of
Gustav Schneider, Jr., who collected the
holotype
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.
[ Werner F (1900).]
Geographic range
''L. schneideri'' is found on the island of
Sumatra in western Indonesia.
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Description
Relatively large and stout for its genus
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,[ the holotype of ''L. schneideri'' has a snout-to-vent length of and a tail long.][
]
References
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Further reading
* Grismer LL, Quah ESH, Duzulkafly Z, Yambun P (2018). "On the taxonomy of ''Lygosoma banfyldei'' Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of ''Lygosoma schneideri'' Werner, 1900". ''Zootaxa'' 4438 (3): 528–550.
* Werner F (1900). "''Reptilien und Batrachier aus Sumatra, gesammelt von Herrn Gustav Schneider jr. im Jahre 1897–98'' ". ''Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere'' 13 (6): 479–508 + Plates 31–35. (''Lygosoma schneideri'', new species, pp. 487–488 + Plate 31, figure 1). (in German).
Lygosoma
Reptiles described in 1900
Reptiles of Indonesia
Endemic fauna of Indonesia
Taxa named by Franz Werner
Fauna of Sumatra