Sphenomorphus dussumieri

(Duméril & Bibron, 1839) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Squamata/Scincidae/Sphenomorphus

At a glance

Occurrence records484

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Sphenomorphus dussumieri's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility484 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF484 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Sphenomorphus dussumieri, commonly known as Dussumier's forest skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to southern India.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Sphenomorphus dussumieri has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes2

eDNA detections2

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-3P★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type484 records

Wild obs. + sensor475

Museum / vouchered9

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO768 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy73% within 1 km

≤100 m 123≤1 km 104≤10 km 63>10 km 21

311 georeferenced · 164 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor475

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy33% within 1 km

≤100 m 1>10 km 2

3 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence9

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
CASlocation not on record	4
Cambridge, US	2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	1

3 institutions · 7 of 9 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Sphenomorphus dussumieri was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median26.6 °C 26.6–26.6

Seasonal swing summer↔winter8.60 °C

Max temp (day)32.8 °C

Min temp (night)20.8 °C

Precipitation15.5 mm/mo

Air humidity56.6 %

Moisture balance-160 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,506 Pa

Wind speed3.30 m/s

Cloud cover10.8 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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