Eastern three-lined skink
Appearance
Eastern three-lined skink | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Acritoscincus |
Species: | A. duperreyi
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Binomial name | |
Acritoscincus duperreyi (Gray, 1838)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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The eastern three-lined skink (Acritoscincus duperreyi ), also known as the bold-striped cool-skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Geographic range
A. duperreyi is found in south-eastern Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria),[2] and several islands.
Description
A. duperreyi is strongly striped.[3][4]
Reproduction
A. duperreyi is oviparous.[3][4]
Habitat
A. duperreyi is usually found in coastal heaths and warm, sunny areas.[3][4]
Etymology
The specific name, duperreyi, is in honor of French naval officer Louis Isidore Duperrey.[5]
References
- ^ Shea, G., Cogger, H. & Greenlees, M. 2018. Acritoscincus duperreyi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102964863A102964878. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102964863A102964878.en. Downloaded on 24 April 2019.
- ^ a b Acritoscincus duperreyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 April 2019.
- ^ a b c Wildlife of Tasmania – Eastern Three-lined Skink
- ^ a b c Cogger HG (1979). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Sydney: Reed. ISBN 0-589-50108-9
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Bassiana duperreyi, p. 78).
Further reading
- Gray JE (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [First Series ] 2: 287–293. (Tiliqua duperreyi, new species, p. 292).