Sphenomorphus capitolythos
{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
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| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = Shea G, Stubbs A, Iskandar D (2021). "Sphenomorphus capitolythos ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T104770916A104853705.en. Accessed 13 October 2024.
| genus = Sphenomorphus
| species = capitolythos
| authority = Shea & Michels, 2009
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| synonyms = *Lygosoma keiensis
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- Sphenomorphus keiensis
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Sphenomorphus capitolythos is a species of skink, a lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.{{NRDB species|genus=Sphenomorphus|species=capitolythos|accessdate=22 March 2020}}
Etymology
The specific name, capitolythos, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Felix Kopstein through a trilingual play on words. Kopf + Stein in German, meaning "head + stone" in English, becomes capito + lythos in Greek.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Sphenomorphus capitolythos, p. 145).
Description
Medium-sized for its genus, S. capitolythos may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about {{cvt|8|cm|in}}. It has four short legs.
Habitat
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of S. capitolythos is unknown.
References
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Further reading
- Kopstein JF (1926). "Reptilien von den Molukken und den benachbarten Inseln ". Zoologische Mededelingen 1: 71–112. (Lygosoma keiensis, new species, p. 86). (in German).
- Shea GM, Michels JP (2009). "A replacement name for Sphenomorphus keiensis (Kopstein, 1926) from the southeastern Moluccas, Indonesia (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) with a redescription of the species". Zoologische Mededelingen 82: 737–747. (Sphenomorphus capitolythos, new name).
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Category:Reptiles described in 2009
Category:Taxa named by Glenn Michael Shea
Category:Fauna of the Maluku Islands
Category:Taxa named by J. Pieter Michels
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