Pseudemoia rawlinsoni
Pseudemoia rawlinsoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Pseudemoia |
Species: | P. rawlinsoni
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Binomial name | |
Pseudemoia rawlinsoni ( & Donnellan, 1988)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Pseudemoia rawlinsoni, also commonly known as the glossy grass skink and Rawlinson's window-eyed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Etymology[]
The specific name, rawlinsoni, is in honour of Australian herpetologist (1942–1991).[3]
Geographic range[]
Native to southeastern Australia, P. rawlinsoni is found in New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria.[1][2]
Habitat[]
The preferred natural habitats of P. rawlinsoni are grassland and freshwater wetlands.[1]
Reproduction[]
P. rawlinsoni is viviparous.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b c Gillespie, G.; Clemann, N.; Hutchinson, M.; Michael, D.; Melville, J.; Robertson, P.; Chapple, D.G. (2018). "Pseudemoia rawlinsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109480985A109480994. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109480985A109480994.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Pseudemoia rawlinsoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
- ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudemoia rawlinsoni, p. 218).
Further reading[]
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- , Donnellan SC (1988). "A new species of scincid lizard related to Leiolopisma entrecasteauxii, from southeastern Australia". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 112 (4): 143–151. (Leiolopisma rawlinsoni, new species).
- Hutchinson MN, Donnellan SC, , , Simms S, (1990). "Immunological Relationships and Generic Revision of the Australian Lizards Assigned to the Genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae, Lygosominae)". Australian Journal of Zoology 38 (5): 535–554. (Pseudemoia rawlinsoni, new combination).
- , (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Pseudemoia
- Reptiles described in 1988
- Skinks of Australia
- Endemic fauna of Australia
- Taxa named by Mark Norman Hutchinson
- Taxa named by Steve Donnellan (scientist)
- Skink stubs