Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii
| Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Scinciformata |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Lygosomidae |
| Genus: | Lamprolepis |
| Species: | L. nieuwenhuisii
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| Binomial name | |
| Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii (Lidth de Jeude, 1905)
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Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii, Nieuwenhuis's skink, is a species of skink. It is found in Borneo.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, nieuwenhuisii, is in honor of Dutch explorer and ethnologist Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis.[2]
References
- ^ Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii, p. 190).