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Bibliography of the genus
Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)
(Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae)
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In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.
Sphenomorphus in general
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Allison, A.; Bigilale, I.H. 2001. The herpetofauna of southern New Ireland. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 21: 50-60, 90-91.
Brown, R.M.; McGuire, J.A.; Ferner, J.W.; Alcala, A.C. 1999. New species of diminutive scincid lizard (Squamata; Lygosominae: Sphenomorphus) from Luzon Island, Republic of the Philippines. Copeia 1999(2): 362-370.
Copland, S.J. 1950. Nomenclature and type specimens of two species of Sphenomorphus (Sauria: Scincidae). Copeia 1950(1): 57.
Gonzalez, J.C.T.; Dans, A.T.L. 1994. Microhabitats of endemic diminutive frogs and skinks in Mount Makiling Forest Reserve, Luzon, Philippines. Asia Life Sciences 3(2): 227-243.
Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology (Supplementary Series) 31: 1-67.
Greer, A.E. 1977. The systematics and evolutionary relationships of the scincid lizard genus Lygosoma. Journal of Natural History 11(5): 515-540.
Grismer, L.L. 2009. New skinks in Peninsular Malaysia: the storm continues. Malaysian Naturalist 62(4): 13-16.
Grismer, L.L.; Muin, M.A.; Wood, P.L.; Anuar, S.; Linkem, C.W. 2016. The transfer of two clades of Malaysian Sphenomorphus Fitzinger (Squamata: Scincidae) into the genus Tytthoscincus Linkem, Diesmos, & Brown and the description of a new Malaysian swamp-dwelling species. Zootaxa 4092(2): 231-242.
Honda, M.; Ota, H.; Köhler, G.; Ineich, I.; Chirio, L.; Chen, S.L.; Hikida, T. 2003. Phylogeny of the lizard subfamily Lygosominae (Reptilia: Scincidae), with special reference to the origin of the New World taxa. Genes and Genetic Systems 78(1): 71-80.
Huang, W.S. 2010. Ecology and reproductive characteristics of the skink Sphenomorphus incognitus on an East Asian Island, with comments on variations in clutch size with reproductive modes in Sphenomorphus. Zoological Studies 49(6): 779-788.
Linkem, C.W.; Diesmos, A.C.; Brown, R.M. 2011. Molecular systematics of the Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Sphenomorphus): testing morphological hypotheses of interspecific relationships. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163(4): 1217-1243.
Linkem, C.W.; Hesed, K.M.; Diesmos, A.C.; Brown, R.M. 2010. Species boundaries and cryptic lineage diversity in a Philippine forest skink complex (Reptilia; Squamata; Scincidae: Lygosominae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56(2): 572-585.
Reeder, T.W. 2003. A phylogeny of the Australian Sphenomorphus group (Scincidae: Squamata) and the phylogenetic placement of the Crocodile Skinks (Tribolonotus): Bayesian approaches to assessing congruence and obtaining confidence in maximum likelihood inferred relationships. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27(3): 384-397.
Shea, G.M.; Greer, A.E. 2002. From Sphenomorphus to Lipinia: generic reassignment of two poorly known New Guinea skinks. Journal of Herpetology 36(2): 148-156.
Storr, G.M. 1967. The genus Sphenomorphus (Lacertilia, Scinidae) in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Journal Proc. R. Soc. West. Aust. 50: 10-20.
Uyeda, L.; Entang, I. 2014. Juvenile Varanus salvator predation on a Common Skink (Sphenomorphus sp.). Biawak 8(2): 64-65.
Welch, K.R.G. 1982. Herpetology of the Old World. 2. Preliminary comments on the classification of skinks (family Scincidae) with specific reference to those genera found in Africa, Europe and southwest Asia. Herptile 7(4): 25-27.
Worrell, E. 1961. Herpetological name changes. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 18-27.
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Sphenomorphus amabilis
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Malkmus, R. 1993. Bemerkungen zu einer kleinen Sammlung von Amphibien und Reptilien aus Nordost-Sulawesi. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 69(1): 175-184.
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Sphenomorphus anotus
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Greer, A.E. 1973. Two new lygosomine skinks from New Guinea with comments on the loss of the external ear in lygosomines and observations on previously described species. Breviora 406: 1-25.
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Sphenomorphus apalpebratus
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Datta-Roy, A.; Das, I.; Bauer, A.M.; Tron, R.K.L.; Karanth, P. 2013. Lizard wears shades. A spectacled Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae), from the sacred forests of Mawphlang, Meghalaya, North-east India. Zootaxa 3701(2): 257-276.
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Sphenomorphus brunneus
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Greer, A.E.; Parker, F. 1974. The fasciatus species group of Sphenomorphus (Lacertilia: Scincidae): notes on eight previously described species and descriptions of three new species. Proceedings Papua New Guinea Scient. Soc. 25: 31-61.
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Sphenomorphus buenloicus
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Darevsky, I.S.; Nguyen, V.S. 1983. [New and little known lizard species from Vietnam]. (In Russian, English summary). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 62(12): 1827-1837.
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Sphenomorphus buettikoferi
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Lidth de Jeude, T.W. van 1905. Zoological results of the Dutch scientific expedition to central Borneo. The reptiles. Part I. Lizards. Notes Leyden Museum 25(16): 187-202.
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Sphenomorphus cameronicus
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Smith, M.A. 1924. Two lizards and a new tree-frog from the Malay Peninsula. Journal Fed. Malay States Mus. Kuala Lumpur 11: 183-186.
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Sphenomorphus capitholythos
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Shea, G.M.; Michels, J.P. 2008. A replacement name for Sphenomorphus keiensis (Kopstein, 1926) from the southeastern Moluccas, Indonesia (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) with a redescription of the species. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 82(42-53): 737-747.
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Sphenomorphus celebense
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Ahl, E. 1933. Ergebnisse der Celebes und Halmahera Expedition Heinrich 1930-32. 1. Reptilien und Amphibien. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 19: 577-583.
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Sphenomorphus cinereus
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Greer, A.E.; Parker, F. 1974. The fasciatus species group of Sphenomorphus (Lacertilia: Scincidae): notes on eight previously described species and descriptions of three new species. Proceedings Papua New Guinea Scient. Soc. 25: 31-61.
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Sphenomorphus concinnatus
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Greer, A.E.; Parker, F. 1967. A second skink with fragmented head scales from Bougainville, Solomon Islands. Breviora 279: 1-12.
Mertens, R. 1924. Herpetologische Mitteilungen. Senckenbergiana 6: 177-185.
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Sphenomorphus courcyanus
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Chen, S.H.; Lue, K.Y. 1987. A new species of skink, Sphenomorphus taiwanensis from Taiwan (Sauria: Scincidae). Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology Academia Sinica (Taipei) 26(2): 115-121.
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Sphenomorphus cranei
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Greer, A.E.; Parker, F. 1974. The fasciatus species group of Sphenomorphus (Lacertilia: Scincidae): notes on eight previously described species and descriptions of three new species. Proceedings Papua New Guinea Scient. Soc. 25: 31-61.
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Sphenomorphus crassa
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Inger, R.F.; Tan, F.L.; Lakim, M.; Yambun, P. 2001. New species of the lizard genus Sphenomorphus, (Lacertilia: Scincidae), with notes on ecological and geographic distribution of species in Sabah, Malaysia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 49(2): 181-189.
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Sphenomorphus cryptotis
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Darevsky, I.S.; Orlov, N.L.; Ho, T.C. 2004. Two new lygosomine skinks of the genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Sauria, Scincidae) from northern Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 11(2): 111-120.
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Sphenomorphus cyanolaemus
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Denzer, W. 1996. Reptilien und Amphibien der Santubong Halbinsel, Sarawak, Borneo. Sauria (Berlin) 18(4): 35-42.
Goldberg, S.R. 2016. Natural history notes: Sphenomorphus cyanolaemus (Blue-headed Forest Skink). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 47(3): 469-470.
Inger, R.F.; Hosmer, W. 1965. New species of scincid lizards of the genus Sphenomorphus from Sarawak. Israel Journal of Zoology 14: 134-140.
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Sphenomorphus darlingtoni
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Loveridge, A. 1933. New scincid lizards of the genera Sphenomorphus, Rhodona and Lygosoma from Australia. Occasional Papers Boston Society of Natural History 8: 95-100.
Loveridge, A. 1945. New scincid lizards of the genera Tropidophorus and Lygosoma from New Guinea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 58: 47-52.
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Sphenomorphus dekkerae
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Shea, G.M. 2017. A new species of Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Doberai Peninsula of New Guinea, with a redescription of Sphenomorphus consobrinus (Peters et Doria, 1878). pp. 35-47. In: Telnov, D./ Barclay, M.V.L. & Pauwels, O.S.G. (eds.). Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Vol. 3. Entomological Society of Latvia, Riga. 830 pp.
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Sphenomorphus diwata
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Brown, R.M.; Ferner, J.W.; Ruedas, L.A. 1995. A new species of lygosomine lizard (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Scincidae; Sphenomorphus) from Mt. Isarog, Luzon Island, Philippines. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(1): 18-28.
Brown, W.C.; Rabor, D.S. 1967. A new sphenomorphid lizard (Scincidae) from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 80: 69-72.
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Sphenomorphus dussumieri
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Swamy, A.V.V.S.; Kameswara Rao, K.; Rao, M.V.S. 1999. A contribution to the ecology of scincids (Reptilia: Squamata: Sauria) in the Eastern Ghats of Visakhapatnam region. Journal of Nature Conservation 11(1): 5-14.
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Sphenomorphus fasciatus
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Greer, A.E.; Parker, F. 1974. The fasciatus species group of Sphenomorphus (Lacertilia: Scincidae): notes on eight previously described species and descriptions of three new species. Proceedings Papua New Guinea Scient. Soc. 25: 31-61.
Sison, R.; Gonzales, P.C.; Ferner, J.W. 1995. New island records from Panay, Philippines. Herpetological Review 26(1): 48-49.
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Sphenomorphus forbesii
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Greer, A.E. 1973. Two new lygosomine skinks from New Guinea with comments on the loss of the external ear in lygosomines and observations on previously described species. Breviora 406: 1-25.
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Sphenomorphus fragilis
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Greer, A.E.; Parker, F. 1979. On the identity of the New Guinea scincid lizard Lygosoma fragile Macleay 1877 with notes on its natural history. Journal of Herpetology 13(3): 221-225.
Guillette, L.J. 1992. Morphology of the reproductive tract in a lizard exhibiting incipient viviparity (Sphenomorphus fragilis) and its implications for the evolution of the reptilian placenta. Journal of Morphology 212(2): 163-173.
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Sphenomorphus fragosus
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Greer, A.E.; Parker, F. 1967. A second skink with fragmented head scales from Bougainville, Solomon Islands. Breviora 279: 1-12.
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Sphenomorphus fuscolineatus
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Greer, A.E.; Shea, G. 2004. A new character within the taxonomically difficult Sphenomorphus group of lygosomine skinks, with a description of a new species from New Guinea. Journal of Herpetology 38(1): 79-87.
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Sphenomorphus grandisonae
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Taylor, E.H. 1962. New Oriental reptiles. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 43: 209-263.
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Sphenomorphus granulatus
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Goldberg, S.R.; Kraus, F. 2008. Notes on reproduction in three species of Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea. Herpetological Bulletin 104: 33-36.
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Sphenomorphus helenae
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Chen, S.H.; Lue, K.Y. 1987. A new species of skink, Sphenomorphus taiwanensis from Taiwan (Sauria: Scincidae). Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology Academia Sinica (Taipei) 26(2): 115-121.
Cochran, D.M. 1927. New reptiles and batrachians collected by Dr. Hugh M. Smith in Siam. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 40: 179-192.
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Sphenomorphus haasi
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Inger, R.F.; Hosmer, W. 1965. New species of scincid lizards of the genus Sphenomorphus from Sarawak. Israel Journal of Zoology 14: 134-140.
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Sphenomorphus incognitus
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Anonymous. 2014. [Sphenomorphus incognitus firstly found in Anhui Province, China]. (In Chinese). Chinese Journal of Zoology 49(4): 609-612.
Chen, S.H.; Lue, K.Y. 1987. A new species of skink, Sphenomorphus taiwanensis from Taiwan (Sauria: Scincidae). Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology Academia Sinica (Taipei) 26(2): 115-121.
Deng, X.; Ye, Y. 1996. [Faunal analysis and survey on lizard in Hunan Province]. (In Chinese, English summary). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 15(1): 15-18.
Deng, X.; Yiyun, Y. 1997. [Eight new record of lizard in Hunan Province]. (In Chinese). Chinese Journal of Zoology 32(6): 39-41.
Huang, S.P.; Hsu, Y.; Tu, M.C. 2006. Thermal tolerance and altitudinal distribution of two Sphenomorphus lizards in Taiwan. Journal of Thermal Biology 31(5): 378-385.
Huang, W.S. 2010. Ecology and reproductive characteristics of the skink Sphenomorphus incognitus on an East Asian Island, with comments on variations in clutch size with reproductive modes in Sphenomorphus. Zoological Studies 49(6): 779-788.
Ma, L.; Pei, J.; Zhou, C.; Du, Y.; Ji, X.; Shen, W. 2018. Sexual dimorphism, female reproductive characteristics and egg incubation in an oviparous forest skink (Sphenomorphus incognitus) from South China. Asian Herpetological Research 9(2): 119-128.
Nguyen, Q.T.; Tran, T.T.; Nguyen, T.T.; Böhme, W.; Ziegler, T. 2012. First record of Sphenomorphus incognitus (Thompson, 1912) (Squamata: Scincidae) from Vietnam with some notes on natural history. Asian Herpetological Research 3(2): 147-150.
Ota, H.; Lue, K.Y. 1994. Karyotypes of two lygosomine skinks of the genus Sphenomorphus from Taiwan. Journal of Herpetology 28(2): 253-255.
Tseng, H.Y.; Huang, W.S. 2012. Natural history notes: Sphenomorphus incognitus (Brown Forest Skink). Parental care. Herpetological Review 43(1): 141.
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Sphenomorphus indicus
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Bringsøe, H. 2007. Mine oplevelser med uanselige vandlevende øgler i Fransk Guyana, Kina, Malaysia og Costa Rica. [My experiences with aquatic lizards in French Guiana, China, Malaysia, and Costa Rica]. (In Danish, English summary). Nordisk Herpetologisk Forening 50(4): 98-114.
Chen, H.C.; Lin, S.M. 2016. Natural history notes: Sphenomorphus indicus (Indian Forest Skink). Predation. Herpetological Review 47(2): 304.
Chen, S.H.; Lue, K.Y. 1987. A new species of skink, Sphenomorphus taiwanensis from Taiwan (Sauria: Scincidae). Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology Academia Sinica (Taipei) 26(2): 115-121.
Chen, X.; Zhao, E.M. 2007. [Research on lepidosis variation of Sphenomorphus indicus]. (In Chinese, English summary). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 26(2): 392-394.
Ding, G.H.; Wang, J.; Fu, T.B.; Zhou, Z.S.; Lin, L.H.; Ji, X. 2010. [Within population variation in locomotor performance in Sphenomorphus indicus induced by two external factors. pp. 243-249]. (In Chinese). In: Ji, X. Herpetologica Sinica 12. Chinese Scientific Books, Beijing. 409 pp.
Du, W.G.; Shou, L.; Shen, J.Y. 2006. Habitat selection in two sympatric Chinese skinks, Eumeces elegans and Sphenomorphus indicus: do thermal preferences matter? Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(9): 1300-1306.
Du, W.G.; Xie, X. 2005. [Factors affecting escape behavior of Sphenomorphus indicus]. (In Chinese, English summary). Shengtaixue Zazhi 24(4): 461-463.
Harit, D.N. 2009. Chelonians and lizards in Champhai district of Mizoram State, North East India. Journal of Experimental Zoology India 12(2): 289-296.
Huang, W. 1996. Reproductive cycles and sexual dimorphism in the viviparous skink, Sphenomorphus indicus (Sauria: Scincidae), from Wushe, central Taiwan. Zoological Studies 35(1): 55-61.
Ji, X.; Du, W.G. 2000. [Sexual dimorphism in body size and head size and female reproduction in a viviparous skink, Sphenomorphus indicus]. (In Chinese, English summary). Zoological Research 21(5): 349-354.
Ji, X.; Lin, L.H.; Luo, L.G.; Lu, H.L.; Gao, J.F.; Han, J. 2006. Gestation temperature affects sexual phenotype, morphology, locomotor performance, and growth of neonatal brown forest skinks, Sphenomorphus indicus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 88(3): 453-463.
Ji, X.; Sun, P.Y.; Du, W.G. 1997. Selected body temperature, thermal tolerance and food assimilation in a viviparous skink, Sphenomorphus indicus. Netherlands Journal of Zoology 47(1): 103-110.
Khan, M.M.H. 2007. First report of Reeve's Ground Skink Scincella reevesi and Himalayan Litter skink Sphenomorphus indicus from Blangladesh. Zoos' Print Journal 22(1): 2545.
Li, X. 1997. [A primary study on the circadian feeding habits and the characteristics of reproduction of Lygosoma indicum (Scincidae, Lacertilia)]. (In Chinese). Chinese Journal of Zoology 32(6): 11-14.
Lin, C.Y.; Huang, W.; Lue, K.Y. 1993. Note on the reproduction of Sphenomorphus indicus Schmidt in Taiwan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science (Taichung) 4: 191-192.
Lu, H.L.; Ji, X.; Pan, Z.C. 2004. [Influence of feeding on metabolic rate in the brown forest skink, Sphenomorphus indicus]. (In Chinese, English summary). Chinese Journal of Zoology 39(5): 5-8.
Mahony, S.; Ali Reza, A.H.M. 2008. A herpetological collection from the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, with two new species records for the country. Hamadryad 32(1): 34-45.
Ota, H.; Lue, K.Y. 1994. Karyotypes of two lygosomine skinks of the genus Sphenomorphus from Taiwan. Journal of Herpetology 28(2): 253-255.
Prasad, J. 1959. The skull and temporal region of Lygosoma indicum indicum (Gray). Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress 46(3): 413-414.
Talukdar, S.K.; Sanyal, D.P. 1978. Four new records of reptiles from Mizoram, India. Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India 1(3): 319-320.
Wall, F. 1908. Vivaprous habit of the common Indian skink (Lygosoma indica). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18: 505.
Wang, Y.; Zhang, J.; Feeley, K.J.; Jiang, P.; Ding, P. 2009. Life-history traits associated with fragmentation vulnerability of lizards in the Thousand Island Lake, China. Animal Conservation 12(4): 329-337.
Xu, X.F.; Zhang, J.L. 2004. [Thermal dependence of food assimilation in two juvenile skinks, Sphenomorphus indicus and Eumeces elegans]. (In Chinese, English summary). Zoological Research 25(5): 410-414.
Yang, Y.; Gao, Z.; Zhao, E. 1989. Karyotypic studies of Sphenomorphus indicus (Scincidae) and Takydromus septentrionalis (Lacertidae). Chinese Herpetological Research 2(2): 55-59.
Yu, D.L.; Kuang, Y.L. 1988. [Notes on the behaviors of Takydromus formosanus, Eumeces elegans and Sphenomorphus indicus in Ha-pen area of northern Taiwan]. (In Chinese, English summary). Biological Bulletin National Taiwan Normal University 23: 203-219.
Yuan, M.; Zhang, L.; Zheng, J.Z. 2007. [Sexual dimorphism in body size and head size in a viviparous skink (Sphenomorphus indicus) from Guiyang, Guizhou. pp. 69-74]. (In Chinese). In: Ji, X. Herpetologica Sinica 11. China Scientific Book Services, Beijing. 283 pp.
Zhu, Q.P.; Zhu, M.Y.; Hu, Y.C.; Zhang, X.Y.; Ding, G.H.; Lin, Z.H. 2015. Age-related habitat selection by Brown Forest Skinks (Sphenomorphus indicus). Zoological Research 36(1): 29-33.
Ziegler, T.; Tran, T.D.T.A.; Nguyen, T.Q.; Perl, R.G.B.; Wirk, L.; Kulisch, M.; Lehmann, T.; Rauhaus, A.; Nguyen, T.T.; Le, Q.K. 2014. New amphibian and reptile records from Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam. Herpetology Notes 7: 185-201.
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Sphenomorphus jobiensis
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Donnellan, S.C.; Aplin, K.P. 1989. Resolution of cryptic species in the New Guinea lizard, Sphenomorphus jobiensis (Scincidae) by electrophoresis. Copeia 1989(1): 81-88.
Goldberg, S.R.; Kraus, F. 2008. Notes on reproduction in three species of Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea. Herpetological Bulletin 104: 33-36.
Inger, R.F. 1961. Notes on two New Guinean lizards of the genus Sphenomorphus. Fieldiana Zoology 39(47): 539-542.
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Sphenomorphus kinabaluensis
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Bartlett, E. 1895. The crocodiles and lizards of Borneo in the Sarawak Museum, with descriptions of supposed new species, and the variation of colours in the several species during life. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1895(28): 73-96.
Ota, H.; Hikida, T.; Kon, M.; Hidaka, T. 1989. Unusual nest site of a scincid lizard Sphenomorphus kinabalensis from Sabah, Malaysia. Herpetological Review 20(2): 38-39.
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Sphenomorphus leptofasciatus
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Greer, A.E.; Parker, F. 1974. The fasciatus species group of Sphenomorphus (Lacertilia: Scincidae): notes on eight previously described species and descriptions of three new species. Proceedings Papua New Guinea Scient. Soc. 25: 31-61.
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Sphenomorphus lineopunctulatus
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Hartmann, T.; Nguyen, Q.T.; Ohler, A.; Chippich, H.; Handschuh, M.; Böhme, W. 2010. Rediscovery of the rare Thai scincid lizard Sphenomorphus lineopunctulatus Taylor, 1962: new country records from Cambodia and Laos and a redescription. Russian Journal of Herpetology 17(2): 105-109.
Taylor, E.H. 1962. New Oriental reptiles. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 43: 209-263.
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Sphenomorphus longicaudatus
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Greer, A.E.; Parker, F. 1974. The fasciatus species group of Sphenomorphus (Lacertilia: Scincidae): notes on eight previously described species and descriptions of three new species. Proceedings Papua New Guinea Scient. Soc. 25: 31-61.
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Sphenomorphus maculatus
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Gairdner, K.G. 1915. Notes on the fauna and flora of Ratburi and Petchaburi districts (Part II). Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam 1(3): 131-156.
Galoyan, E.A. 2017. Unstable social structure indicates low diversity of relationships in the spotted forest skink Sphenomorphus maculatus. Amphibia-Reptilia 38(3): 381–393.
Goldberg, S.R. 2013. Natural history notes: Sphenomorphus maculatus (Spotted Forest Skink). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 44(4): 684-685.
Harit, D.N. 2009. Chelonians and lizards in Champhai district of Mizoram State, North East India. Journal of Experimental Zoology India 12(2): 289-296.
Manthey, U.; Manthey, S. 2017. Amphibians and reptiles encountered in Laos: a travel report. Part 2: Lao Pako & Luang Namtha with a detour to Xishuangbanna, China (Feb./March 2003). Sauria (Berlin) 39(3): 3-24.
Manthey, U.; Manthey, S. 2017. Amphibien und Reptilien von Laos – ein Reisebericht Teil 3: Die Provinz Champasak im Süden (März 2006). Sauria (Berlin) 39(4): 3-18.
Purkayastha, J.; Das, M. 2010. Sphenomorphus maculatus (Sauria: Scincidae): a case of death-feigning. Herpetology Notes 3: 285-287.
Shea, G.; Greer, A.E. 1998. Sphenomorphus melanochlorus (Vogt, 1932), a junior synonym of Sphenomorphus maculatus (Blyth, 1853). Journal of Herpetology 32(2): 292-294.
Sichuan Biological Research Institute, Herpetological Department 1977. [A survey of reptiles in Xizang autonomous region, with faunal analysis and descriptions of new forms]. (In Chinese). Acta Zoologica Sinica 23(1): 64-71.
Yamasaki, T.; Hikida, T.; Nabhitabhata, J.; Panha, S.; Ota, H. 2001. Geographic variations in the common skink Sphenomorphus maculatus (Blyth, 1853) in Thailand, with re-validation of Lygosoma mitanense Annandale, 1905 as its subspecies. Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 1(1): 23-31.
Yang, J.H.; Wang, H.; Ma, X.X.; Wang, Y. 2009. [New distribution records of Sphenomorphus maculatus and additional description of the species]. (In Chinese). Chinese Journal of Zoology 44(6): 156-159.
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Sphenomorphus maculicollus
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Bacon, J.P. 1967. Systematic status of three scincid lizards (genus Sphenomorphus) from Borneo. Fieldiana Zoology 51: 63-76.
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Sphenomorphus malayanus
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Grismer, L.L.; Quah, E.S.H. 2015. The rediscovery of Sphenomorphus malayanus Doria, 1888 (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Titiwangsa Mountain Range of Peninsular Malaysia and its re-description as S. senja sp. nov. Zootaxa 3931(1): 63-70.
Smith, M.A. 1924. Two lizards and a new tree-frog from the Malay Peninsula. Journal Fed. Malay States Mus. Kuala Lumpur 11: 183-186.
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Sphenomorphus melanopogon
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Brongersma, L.D. 1934. Contributions to Indo-Australian herpetology. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 17: 161-251.
Kopstein, F. 1927. Über einen Fall von Polymorphismus bei der Scincidengattung Lygosoma. Treubia 14(4): 371-375.
Shea, G.M. 2012. On the identity of the type species of Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae): Lygosoma melanopogon Dumeril and Bibron 1839, with a note on a new scalation character of the pes in Sphenomorphus. Zootaxa 3490: 1-29.
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Sphenomorphus meyeri
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Shea, G.M. 2012. On the identity of the type species of Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae): Lygosoma melanopogon Dumeril and Bibron 1839, with a note on a new scalation character of the pes in Sphenomorphus. Zootaxa 3490: 1-29.
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Sphenomorphus microtympanus
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Greer, A.E. 1973. Two new lygosomine skinks from New Guinea with comments on the loss of the external ear in lygosomines and observations on previously described species. Breviora 406: 1-25.
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Sphenomorphus mimicus
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Nguyen, Q.T.; Schmitz, A.; Nguyen, T.T.; Orlov, N.L.; Böhme, W.; Ziegler, T. 2011. Review of the genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) in Vietnam, with description of a new species from northern Vietnam and southern China and the first record of Sphenomorphus mimicus Taylor, 1962 from Vietnam. Journal of Herpetology 45(2): 145-154.
Taylor, E.H. 1962. New Oriental reptiles. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 43: 209-263.
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Sphenomorphus minutus
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Sphenomorphus muelleri
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Sphenomorphus multisquamatus
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Sphenomorphus nigrolineatus
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Sphenomorphus oligolepis
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Sphenomorphus orientale
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Sphenomorphus praesignis
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Sphenomorphus puncticentralis
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Sphenomorphus sabanus
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Sphenomorphus sanctus
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Sphenomorphus schlegeli
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Sphenomorphus schultzei
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Sphenomorphus scotophilus
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Sphenomorphus scutatus
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Sphenomorphus senja
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Sphenomorphus sheai
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Sphenomorphus shelfordi
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Sphenomorphus simus
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Sphenomorphus solomonis
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Sphenomorphus striatopunctatus
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Sphenomorphus sungaicolus
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Sphenomorphus taiwanensis
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Sphenomorphus tanahtinggi
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Sphenomorphus tanneri
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Sphenomorphus taylori
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Sphenomorphus tenuiculus
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Sphenomorphus tersus
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Sphenomorphus tetradactylus
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Sphenomorphus tonkinensis
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Sphenomorphus transversus
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Sphenomorphus tridigitus
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Sphenomorphus tritaeniatus
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