{{Short description|Species of lizard}} {{Speciesbox | image = Wright's Sphenomorphus (Insulasaurus wrighti Taylor).jpg | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Brown, R. |author2=Dimalibot, J. |date=2009 |title=''Insulasaurus wrighti'' |volume=2009 |article-number=e.T169886A6686358 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169886A6686358.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Insulasaurus | species = wrighti | authority = [[Edward Harrison Taylor|Taylor]], 1925 | range_map = | synonyms = *''Insulasaurus wrighti'' <br />{{small|Taylor, 1925}} *''Sphenomorphus wrighti'' <br />{{small|— [[Allen Eddy Greer|Greer]] & [[Frederick Stanley "Fred" Parker|F. Parker]], 1967}} *''Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) wrighti'' <br />{{small|— [[:fr:Walter Creighton Brown|W.C. Brown]] & [[:fr:Angel Chua Alcala|Alcala]], 1970}} *''Sphenomorphus wrighti'' <br />{{small|— W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1980}} *''Insulasaurus wrighti'' <br />{{small|— [[Charles W. Linkem|Linkem]], [[Arvin Cantor Diesmos|Diesmos]] & [[:fr:Rafe Marion Brown|R.M. Brown]], 2011}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB/> }}
'''''Insulasaurus wrighti''''', also known [[Common name|commonly]] as '''Wright's sphenomorphus''', is a [[species]] of [[skink]], a [[lizard]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Scincidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Palawan]] in the [[Philippines]].<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /><ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Insulasaurus|species=wrighti|accessdate=11 June 2020}}</ref>
==Etymology== The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''wrighti'', is in honor of American philanthropist [[John Dutton Wright]] (1866–1952), who financed [[Edward Harrison Taylor|Taylor]]'s collecting trip to Palawan.<ref>[[Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]], [[Michael Watkins (zoologist)|Watkins M]], [[Michael Grayson|Grayson M]] (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Sphenomorphus wrighti'', p. 290).</ref>
==Habitat== The preferred natural [[habitat]] of ''I. wrighti'' is unknown; specimens have been collected at an altitude of {{convert|300|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />
==Description== ''I. wrighti'' is a medium-sized skink measuring {{convert|45|-|64|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in [[Snout-vent length|snout-to-vent length]].<ref name=RDB/>
==Reproduction== The [[Modes of reproduction|mode of reproduction]] of ''I. wrighti'' is unknown.<ref name=RDB/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *[[Charles W. Linkem|Linkem CW]], [[:fr:Arvin Cantor Diesmos|Diesmos AC]], [[:fr:Rafe Marion Brown|Brown RM]] (2011). "Molecular systematics of the Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: ''Sphenomorphus''): testing morphological hypotheses of interspecific relationships". ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' '''163''': 1217–1243. *[[Edward Harrison Taylor|Taylor EH]] (1925). "Additions to the Herpetological Fauna of the Philippines, IV". ''Philippine Journal of Science'' '''26''': 97–111. (''Insulasaurus wrighti'', new species, p. 103).
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[[Category:Insulasaurus]] [[Category:Endemic reptiles of the Philippines]] [[Category:Fauna of Palawan]] [[Category:Reptiles described in 1925]] [[Category:Taxa named by Edward Harrison Taylor]]