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Sphenomorphus in life
In life — Asian Forest Skinks, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Attila Steiner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Attila Steiner
BPBM 15600Vertebrate Zoology

Sphenomorphus

Asian Forest Skinks

As recorded: Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843

Animalia › Chordata › Squamata › Scincidae

Collected by
F Kraus, I BigilaleI. Bigilale →Fred Kraus →
Collector number
Collector Number: FK 5690
Locality
Owen Stanley Mtns., Mt. Pekopekowana, SE slope, along Wailahabahaba Creek (trib. of Sagabada River), River Camp
Region
Papua New Guinea
Coordinates
-10.2826, 150.1550
Identified by
G Shea, Feb 200711 Feb →Glen Shea →
Record type
Preserved specimen
325 Bishop specimens of SphenomorphusSpecies page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Sphenomorphus. BPBM 15600. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 95307758. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/15600.

Record sources

Data-quality notes from GBIF

  • Type status not recognized
  • Name matched only at a higher rank (e.g. genus)

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