''Sphenomorphus scotophilus'', the Selangor forest skink, is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...
of
skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. S ...
found in
Thailand
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,
Sumatra, and
Malaysia
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.
References
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scotophilus
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
Reptiles described in 1900