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Dussumier's Forest Skink
Sphenomorphus dussumieri (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Sphenomorphus dussumieri
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Open encyclopedia reference
Sphenomorphus dussumieri, commonly known as Dussumier's forest skink and Dussumier's litter skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to southern India.
Wikipedia contributors, Sphenomorphus dussumieri; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:49:46.592301+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Sphenomorphus dussumieri (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
- Name authority
- (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
- Common name
- Dussumier's Forest Skink
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Sphenomorphus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyScincidae
- subfamilySphenomorphinae
- genusSphenomorphus
- speciesSphenomorphus dussumieri (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Sphenomorphus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Pointed-headed SphenomorphusSphenomorphus acutus (Peters, 1864) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Long-toed Forest SkinkSphenomorphus anomalopus (Boulenger, 1890) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus brunneus Greer & Parker, 1974 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus buettikoferi (Lidth de Jeude, 1905) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cameron Highlands Forest SkinkSphenomorphus cameronicus Smith, 1924 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus crassus Inger, Lian, Lakim & Yambun, 2001 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus cryptotis Darevsky, Orlov & Cuc, 2004 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blue-headed Forest SkinkSphenomorphus cyanolaemus Inger & Hosmer, 1965 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Darlington‘s Forest skinkSphenomorphus darlingtoni (Loveridge, 1945) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| De Rooij’s Forest SkinkSphenomorphus derooyae (de Jong, 1927) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Banded SphenomorphusSphenomorphus fasciatus (Gray, 1845) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus fuscolineatus Greer & Shea, 2004 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Lygosoma dussumieri Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Duméril & Bibron, 1839 | synonym |
| Lygosoma dussumieri var. concolor Annandale, 1905 Annandale, 1905 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Sphenomorphus&species=dussumieri Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4YVSF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.