Species

Sphenomorphus tersus

Sphenomorphus tersus · described by (SMITH 1916)

Sphenomorphus annectens, a close relative of Sphenomorphus tersus

Pictured: Sphenomorphus annectens, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: J. Green for George Albert Boulenger (1858-1937), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Sphenomorphus tersus
First described
(SMITH 1916)
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Lizards (Sauria)
Family
Scincidae
Genus
Sphenomorphus

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree