Sphenomorphus tanneri Greer & Parker 1967: 1

Shea, Glenn M. & Kraus, Fred, 2007, A list of herpetological type specimens in the collections of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery and University of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 1514 (1), pp. 37-60 : 43

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1514.1.2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17857033

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1B4B8799-FFF1-0A1B-DECD-0E5CFAEE952B

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Sphenomorphus tanneri Greer & Parker 1967: 1
status

 

Sphenomorphus tanneri Greer & Parker 1967: 1 .

Paratypes: PNGM R24965-88 (formerly MCZ 76483-84, 76486-506, 76510-11), Kairuru Island , near Wewak, East Sepik Province, PNG (collector unknown, x.1974) .

Remarks: Type series consists of 424 specimens; holotype in MCZ, other paratypes in AMNH, MCZ. Collection data in PNGM card file are incorrect; based on original MCZ records, the correct data are: PNGM R24965, Kunua, Bougainville Province, PNG (F. Parker, 22.vi.1962); R24966, same locality and collector, but date 11.vii.1962; R24967- 68, same locality and collector, but date 25-30.xii.1962; R24969-88, same locality and collector, but date 12.v-29.vii.1963. PNGM types have suffered from at least one desiccation event but are still moderately supple.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Scincidae

Genus

Sphenomorphus

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