Sphenomorphus maindroni is a species of skink. The species was originally described by Sauvage in 1879. According to the Catalogue of Life, the species Sphenomorphus maindroni does not have known subspecies.
Description The snout-to-vent length (SVL) is . The tail varies from nearly oval to square in cross-section.
Etymology The specific name, maindroni, is in honor of French naturalist Maurice Maindron.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Sphenomorphus maindroni, p. 166).
Geographic range Sphenomorphus maindroni is found in the Admiralty Islands, New Britain, and New Guinea.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Sphenomorphus maindroni is forest, at altitudes from sea level to .
Reproduction Sphenomorphus maindroni is oviparous.
References Smith MA (1937). "A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies". Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234.
Further reading Sauvage HE (1879). "Notice sur quelques reptiles nouveaux ou peu connus de la Nouvelle-Guinée ". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 7 (3): 47–61. (Lygosoma maindroni, new species, pp. 55–56). (in French).