''Tytthoscincus ishaki'', also known
commonly as the Tioman Island forest skink, is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Scincidae. The species is
endemic
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to
Tioman Island
Tioman Island () is , off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, more specifically off the east coast of Rompin District, Pahang, Malaysia. It is long and wide and has seven villages, the largest and most populous being Kampung Tekek on the ...
in
Malaysia
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.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''ishaki'', is in honor of Muhamad Ishak Mat Sohor, who was Grismer's Malaysian guide during fieldwork on Tioman Island.
[ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Sphenomorphus ishaki'', p. 131).]
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat
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of ''T. ishaki'' is
forest
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, at altitudes of .
Description
''T. ishaki'' may attain a
snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about .
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Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of ''T. ishaki'' is unknown.[
]
References
Further reading
* Grismer LL (2006). "Two new species of skinks (Genus ''Sphenomorphus'' Fitzinger 1843) from the Seribuat Archipelago, West Malaysia". ''Herpetological Natural History'' 9 (2): 151–162. (''Sphenomorphus ishaki'', new species).
*Grismer LL (2011). ''Amphibians and Reptiles of the Seribuat Archipelago (Peninsular Malaysia) – A Field Guide''. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 239 pp. .
*Grismer LL, Muin MA, Wood PL Jr, Anuar S, Linkem CW (2016). "The transfer of two clades of Malaysian ''Sphenomorphus'' Fitzinger (Squamata: Scincidae) into the genus ''Tytthoscincus'' Linkem, Diesmos, & Brown
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In the ...
and the description of a new Malaysian swamp-dwelling species". ''Zootaxa'' 4092 (2): 231–242. (''Tytthoscincus ishaki'', new combination).
*Grismer LL, Quah ESH (2019). "An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos". ''Zootaxa'' 4545 (2): 230–248.
ishaki
Endemic fauna of Malaysia
Reptiles of Malaysia
Reptiles described in 2006
Taxa named by Larry Lee Grismer
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