Dasia vyneri
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Dasia |
| Species: | D. vyneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasia vyneri (Shelford, 1905)
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Dasia vyneri, also known commonly as Shelford's skink and Vyner's tree skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, vyneri, is in honor of Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke, who was to become the last White Raja of Sarawak.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]Dasia vyneri is known only from Sarawak, Malaysia.[4]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of D. vyneri is forest.[1]
Description
[edit]Dasia vyneri may attain a snout-to-vent length of 6.6 cm (2.6 in).[5]
Behavior
[edit]Dasia vyneri is an arboreal species.[2]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Iskandar D, McGuire J (2018). "Lamprolepis vyneri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T101741020A101741023. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T101741020A101741023.en. Downloaded on 10 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Dasia vyneri 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. (Lampropelis vyneri, p. 277).
- ^ Das, Indraneil (2004). "A new locality for the rare bornean Skink, Lamprolepis vyneri (Shelford, 1905) (Sauria: Scincidae)". Asiatic Herpetological Research 10: 241-244.
- ^ Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books.144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Lamprolepis vyneri, p. 111).
Further reading
[edit]- Greer AE (1970). "The Relationships of the Skinks Referred to the Genus Dasia ". Breviora (348): 1–30. (Lamprolepis vyneri, new combination, p. 19).
- Shelford R (1905). "A new Lizard and a new Frog from Borneo". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 15: 208–210. ("Lygosoma (Keneuxia) Vyneri ", sp.n., pp.208–209. [1]
- Smith MA (1937). "A Review of the Genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its Allies". Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213–234. (Dasia vyneri, new combination, p. 226).
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