Sphenomorphus jobiensis

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| genus = Sphenomorphus

| species = jobiensis

| authority = Meyer, 1874

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Sphenomorphus jobiensis is a species of skink. It is found in New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, and eastern Indonesia (Misool, Salawati, Aru Islands, and Yapen).

Names

It is known as komñ in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.Bulmer, RNH (1975). [http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_84_1975/Volume_84%2C_No._3/Kalam_classification_of_reptiles_and_fishes%2C_by_R._N._H._Bulmer%2C_J._I._Menzies_and_F._Parker%2C_p_267-308/p1 Kalam Classification Of Reptiles And Fishes]. Journal of the Polynesian Society 84(3): 267–308.

Habitat and behavior

Sphenomorphus jobiensis is a terrestrial skink found in forest habitats. It is a relatively large skink that is fast-moving and difficult to catch, and often bites when handled.

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jobiensis

Category:Skinks of New Guinea

Category:Reptiles described in 1874

Category:Taxa named by Adolf Bernhard Meyer