Biology:Concinnia frerei

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Short description: Species of lizard

Concinnia frerei
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Concinnia
Species:
C. frerei
Binomial name
Concinnia frerei
(Greer, 1992)
Synonyms[1]
  • Eulamprus frerei
    Greer, 1992
  • Concinnia frerei
    — Skinner, Hutchinson &
    M.S.Y. Lee, 2013

Concinnia frerei, also known commonly as the stout bar-sided skink or the stout barsided skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia .[1]

Etymology

The specific name, frerei, refers to Mount Bartle Frere where the holotype was collected.[1][2]

Geographic range

C. frerei is found in northeastern Queensland.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. frerei is rocky mountaintops, at altitudes of 1,210–1,622 m (3,970–5,322 ft).[3]

Description

C. frerei has five digits on each of its four feet.[1] The holotype, an adult male, has a snout-to-vent length of 6.6 cm (2.6 in), plus a tail length of 8.2 cm (3.2 in).[4]

Reproduction

C. frerei is ovoviviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Concinnia frerei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
  2. 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. (Eulamprus frerei, p. 94).
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  4. Greer AE (1992).

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN:978-0643100350.
  • Greer AE (1992). "Revision of the Species Previously Associated with the Australian Scincid Lizard Eulamprus tenuis ". Records of the Australian Museum 44 (1): 7–19. (Eulamprus frerei, new species, pp. 16–18, Figures 10–11).
  • Skinner A, Hutchinson MN, Lee MSY (2013). "Phylogeny and Divergence Times of Australian Sphenomorphus Group Skinks (Scincidae, Squamata)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69 (3): 906–918. (Concinnia frerei, new combination).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN:978-1921517280.


Wikidata ☰ Q3060321 entry