Insulasaurus wrighti, also known commonly as Wright's sphenomorphus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Palawan in the Philippines.
Etymology The specific name, wrighti, is in honor of American philanthropist John Dutton Wright (1866–1952), who financed Taylor's collecting trip to Palawan.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Sphenomorphus wrighti, p. 290).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of I. wrighti is unknown; specimens have been collected at an altitude of .
Description I. wrighti is a medium-sized skink measuring in snout-to-vent length.
Reproduction The mode of reproduction of I. wrighti is unknown.
References
Further reading Linkem CW, Diesmos AC, 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. 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).