Tytthoscincus ishaki

Tytthoscincus ishaki
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Tytthoscincus
Species:	T. ishaki
Binomial name
	Tytthoscincus ishaki; Grismer, 2006
Synonyms
	Sphenomorphus ishaki ; Grismer, 2006; Tytthoscincus ishaki ; — Grismer et al., 2016;

Tytthoscincus ishaki, also known commonly as the Tioman Island forest skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Tioman Island in Malaysia.^[1]^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, ishaki, is in honor of Muhamad Ishak Mat Sohor, who was Grismer's Malaysian guide during fieldwork on Tioman Island.^[3]

The preferred natural habitat of T. ishaki is forest, at altitudes of 400–1,026 m (1,312–3,366 ft).^[1]

T. ishaki may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 4 cm (1.6 in).^[2]

The mode of reproduction of T. ishaki is unknown.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c Quah, E.; Grismer, L. (2018). "Tytthoscincus ishaki ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102658648A102658653. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T102658648A102658653.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tytthoscincus ishaki at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 December 2020.
^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphenomorphus ishaki, p. 131).

Grismer LL (2006). "Two new species of skinks (Genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger 1843) from the Seribuat Archipelago, West Malaysia". Herpetological Natural History 9 (2): 151–162. (Sphenomorphus ishaki, new species).
Grismer LL (2011). Amphibians and Reptiles of the Seribuat Archipelago (Peninsular Malaysia) – A Field Guide. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 239 pp. ISBN 978-3899734829.
Grismer LL, Muin MA, Wood PL Jr, Anuar S, Linkem CW (2016). "The transfer of two clades of Malaysian Sphenomorphus Fitzinger (Squamata: Scincidae) into the genus Tytthoscincus Linkem, Diesmos, & Brown and the description of a new Malaysian swamp-dwelling species". Zootaxa 4092 (2): 231–242. (Tytthoscincus ishaki, new combination).
Grismer LL, Quah ESH (2019). "An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos". Zootaxa 4545 (2): 230–248.

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