Complex sentence: The specific name, "boulengeri", as well as two of the common names for this skink, are in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger who first described this species in 1890.
Split into simpler sentences: The specific name, "boulengeri", as well as two of the common names for this skink, are in honor of George Albert Boulenger. A Belgian-born British herpetologist who was first person to described this species in 1890.