Sphenomorphus schultzei is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Oceania.
Etymology The specific name, schultzei, is in honor of German ethnographer Leonhard Schultze-Jena.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Sphenomorphus schultzei, p. 238; S. beauforti, p. 20).
The specific name of the junior synonym, beauforti, is in honor of Dutch zoologist Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort.
Geographic range S. schultzei is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of S. schultzei is forest, at altitudes of .
Description S. schultzei is dark brown dorsally, and light brown ventrally.Vogt T (1911).
Reproduction S. schultzei is oviparous.
References
Further reading de Jong (1927). "Reptiles from Dutch New Guinea". Nova Guinea 15 (3): 296–318. (Lygosoma beauforti, new species). Vogt T (1911). "Reptilien und Amphibien aus Neu-Guinea". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1911: 410–420. (Lygosoma schultzei, new species, pp. 416–417). (in German).