Yellow-lined forest skink (Sphenomorphus sanctus)

Yellow-lined forest skink (Sphenomorphus sanctus) is a species of animal in the Scincidae, a medium-sized, slender arboreal lizard with an elongated and pointed snout, grayish-brown and yellow in color with dark red legs.

S. sanctus has an upper side with a yellow stripe from snout to tail and light brown spots. The underside is light. The head is short with the tip of the snout pointed and the eyes are black. Tail longer than body size, cylindrical in shape and pointed tip. The legs are dark red or brown with yellow spots. The fingers are slender and long.





TAXON

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Sphenomorphus Fitzinger (1843)
Species: Sphenomorphus sanctus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron (1839)

SYNONYMS

Gongylus sancta Duméril & Bibron (1839)
Hinulia sancta Gray (1845)
Lygosoma (hinulia) sanctum Boettger (1892)
Lygosoma (sphenomorphus) sanctum Smith (1937)
Lygosoma sanctum Boulenger (1887)
Lygosoma sanctum Dammerman (1929)
Lygosoma sanctum de Rooij (1915)
Lygosoma sanctum Oudemans (1894)
Lygosoma sanctum Weber (1890)
Sphenomorphus sanctus Grismer (2006)
Sphenomorphus sanctus Manthey & Grossmann (1997)
Sphenomorphus sanctus tenggeranus Das (2010)
Sphenomorphus sanctus tenggeranus Mertens (1957)
Sphenomorphus sanctus tenggeranus Mertens (1957)

PUBLICATIONS

Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol. 5.

VERNACULAR NAME

English: Yellow-lined forest skink, Java forest skink
German” Java-Waldskink
Indonesian: Kadal hutan bergaris kuning
Italian: Scinco di foresta di Giava
Japanese: キセスジミナミトカゲ

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