Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii
Nieuwenhuis's skink (Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii) is a species of skink. It is found in Borneo.[1]
Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Lamprolepis |
Species: | L. nieuwenhuisii |
Binomial name | |
Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii (Lidth de Jeude, 1905) | |
Etymology
The specific name, nieuwenhuisii, is in honor of Dutch explorer and ethnologist Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis.[2]
References
- Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii, p. 190).
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