Sphenomorphus anomalopus

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite iucn |author=Iskandar, D. |author2=Grismer, L. |author3=Quah, E. |author4=McGuire, J. |date=2018 |title=Sphenomorphus anomalopus |volume=2018 |page=e.T102347171A102347174 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T102347171A102347174.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Sphenomorphus

| species = anomalopus

| authority = (Boulenger, 1890)

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The long-toed forest skink (Sphenomorphus anomalopus) is a species of skink found in Malaysia and Indonesia.{{NRDB species|genus=Sphenomorphus|species=anomalopus|accessdate=22 March 2020}}

Very little is known about the species, with just a handful of records, and none between 1915 and 2025, when it was rediscovered in Sumatra. {{Cite journal |last=Sinovas |first=Pablo |last2=Grismer |first2=L. Lee |date=2025-04-10 |title=Rediscovery of the skink Sphenomorphus anomalopus (Boulenger, 1890) (Squamata: Scincidae): first documentation of its natural history and live coloration |url=https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5620.3.8 |journal=Zootaxa |language=en |volume=5620 |issue=3 |pages=485–492 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5620.3.8 |issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription }} This rediscovery also shed light on the species' vivid live colouration, microhabitat and natural history, which had remained a mystery for over a century following its original description. According to observations made in situ in Gunung Leuser National Park, the species inhabits the rainforest floor and, contrary to previous hypothesis, it is not arboreal. {{Cite journal |last=Sinovas |first=Pablo |last2=Grismer |first2=L. Lee |date=2025-04-10 |title=Rediscovery of the skink Sphenomorphus anomalopus (Boulenger, 1890) (Squamata: Scincidae): first documentation of its natural history and live coloration |url=https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5620.3.8 |journal=Zootaxa |language=en |volume=5620 |issue=3 |pages=485–492 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5620.3.8 |issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription }}