Lygosoma bowringii

Lygosoma bowringii

Subdoluseps bowringii, Bowring's supple skink, Bowring's writhing skink, Christmas island grass-skink

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Lygosoma bowringii

Subdoluseps bowringii, also known commonly as Bowring's supple skink, Bowring's writhing skink, and the Christmas Island grass-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

Animal name origin

The specific name, bowringii, is in honor of either John Charles Bowring, who was a British amateur naturalist and businessman in Hong Kong, or his father John Bowring, who was a British diplomat and a governor of Hong Kong.

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Type locality: Hong Kong.

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References

1. Lygosoma bowringii Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lygosoma_bowringii

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