# Insulasaurus wrighti

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Species of lizard

Insulasaurus wrighti Conservation status Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Insulasaurus Species: I. wrighti Binomial name Insulasaurus wrighti Taylor, 1925 Synonyms[2] Insulasaurus wrighti Taylor, 1925 Sphenomorphus wrighti — Greer & F. Parker, 1967 Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) wrighti — W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1970 Sphenomorphus wrighti — W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1980 Insulasaurus wrighti — Linkem, Diesmos & R.M. Brown, 2011

***Insulasaurus wrighti***, also known [commonly](/source/Common_name) as **Wright's sphenomorphus**, is a [species](/source/Species) of [skink](/source/Skink), a [lizard](/source/Lizard) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Scincidae](/source/Scincidae). The species is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Palawan](/source/Palawan) in the [Philippines](/source/Philippines).[1][2]

## Etymology

The [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)), *wrighti*, is in honor of American philanthropist [John Dutton Wright](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Dutton_Wright&action=edit&redlink=1) (1866–1952), who financed [Taylor](/source/Edward_Harrison_Taylor)'s collecting trip to Palawan.[3]

## Habitat

The preferred natural [habitat](/source/Habitat) of *I. wrighti* is unknown; specimens have been collected at an altitude of 300 m (980 ft).[1]

## Description

*I. wrighti* is a medium-sized skink measuring 45–64 mm (1.8–2.5 in) in [snout-to-vent length](/source/Snout-vent_length).[2]

## Reproduction

The [mode of reproduction](/source/Modes_of_reproduction) of *I. wrighti* is unknown.[2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-iucn_status_19_November_2021_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-iucn_status_19_November_2021_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-iucn_status_19_November_2021_1-2) Brown, R.; Dimalibot, J. (2009). ["*Insulasaurus wrighti*"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/169886/6686358). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **2009** e.T169886A6686358. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169886A6686358.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169886A6686358.en). Retrieved 19 November 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-RDB_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-RDB_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-RDB_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-RDB_2-3) [*Insulasaurus wrighti*](http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Insulasaurus&species=wrighti) at the [Reptarium.cz Reptile Database](http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/). Accessed 11 June 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Beolens B](/source/Richard_Allen_%22Bo%22_Crombet-Beolens), [Watkins M](/source/Michael_Watkins_(zoologist)), [Grayson M](/source/Michael_Grayson) (2011). *The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles*. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4214-0135-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5). (*Sphenomorphus wrighti*, p. 290).

## Further reading

- [Linkem CW](/source/Charles_W._Linkem), [Diesmos AC](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvin_Cantor_Diesmos), [Brown RM](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafe_Marion_Brown) (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.

- [Taylor EH](/source/Edward_Harrison_Taylor) (1925). "Additions to the Herpetological Fauna of the Philippines, IV". *Philippine Journal of Science* **26**: 97–111. (*Insulasaurus wrighti*, new species, p. 103).

Taxon identifiers Insulasaurus wrighti Wikidata: Q3152938 Wikispecies: Insulasaurus wrighti ADW: Insulasaurus_wrighti CoL: 3PSMZ GBIF: 2464234 iNaturalist: 146185 IRMNG: 10951864 IUCN: 169886 NCBI: 999349 Open Tree of Life: 1063798 RD: wrighti Sphenomorphus wrighti Wikidata: Q5124152 GBIF: 2464233 IRMNG: 10369532

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