Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
From the type
locality
, it is inferred that this species inhabits
dry deciduous forests
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
()
- Family:
Scincidae
()
- Genus:
Eremiascincus
()
- Greer, 1979
- Specific name:
timorensis
- (Greer, 1990)
- Scientific name: - Eremiascincus timorensis (Greer, 1990)
- Specific name:
timorensis
- (Greer, 1990)
- Genus:
Eremiascincus
(
- Family:
Scincidae
(
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Glaphyromorphus timorensis
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Eremiascincus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. brongersmai (Brown-Sided Bar-Lipped Skink) · E. fasciolatus (Narrow-Banded Sand-Swimmer) · E. richardsonii (Broad-Banded Sand-Swimmer)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Aplin, K.P., How, R.A. and Boeadi. 1993. A new species of the Glaphyromorphus isolepis species group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Sumba Island, Indonesia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 16: 235-242.
- FWI and GFW. 2002. The state of the forest: Indonesia. Forest Watch Indonesia and Global Forest Watch, Bogor, Indonesia and Washington, D.C.
- Greer, A.E. 1990. The Glaphyromorphus isolepis Species Group (Lacertilia: Scincidae): Diagnosis of the Taxon and Description of a New Species from Timor. Journal of Herpetology 34(4): 372-377.
- IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.4). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 October 2010).
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- Shea, G. 2010. Eremiascincus timorensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
Identifiers
- IUCN ID: 208078
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4750672
Footnotes
- Shea, G. 2010. Eremiascincus timorensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
