''Sphenomorphus zimmeri'' is a
species
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of
skink
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, a
lizard
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in the
family
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Scincidae. The species is
endemic
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to
Sulawesi
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,
Indonesia
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.
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 ...
, ''zimmeri'', is in honor of German zoologist
Carl Wilhelm Erich Zimmer
Carl Wilhelm Erich Zimmer (Sondershausen, 29 September 1873 – Hüll bei Wolnzach, 8 November 1950) was a German zoologist specialising in crustaceans, especially the order Cumacea.
He studied zoology at the universities of Strasbourg, Munich an ...
.
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Grayson may refer to:
Places Canada
* Grayson, Saskatchewan
* Rural Municipality of Grayson No. 184, Saskatchewan
United States
* Grayson, California
* Grayson, Georgia
** Grayson High School
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(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Sphenomorphus zimmeri'', p. 294).
Reproduction
The
mode of reproduction of ''S. zimmeri'' is unknown.
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References
Further reading
* Ahl E (1933). "''Ergebnisse der Celebes und Halmahera Expedition Heinrich 1930–32. Reptilien und Amphibien'' ". ''Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin'' 19: 577–583. ("''Lygosoma (Otosaurus) zimmeri'' ", new species, p. 577). (in German).
* Bauer AM, Shea GM, Günther R (2003). "An annotated catalogue of the types of scincid lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) in the collection of the ''Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ZMB)''". ''Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Zoologische Reihe'' 79: 253–321. (''Sphenomorphus zimmeri'', new combination, p. 293).
* Koch A (2012). ''Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore Islands''. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira. 374 pp. .
zimmeri
Taxa named by Ernst Ahl
Reptiles described in 1933
Reptiles of Sulawesi
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