Biology:Epibator greeri
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Epibator |
| Species: | E. greeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Epibator greeri (Böhme, 1979)
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Epibator greeri, also known commonly as Greer's tree skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Caledonia.[1][2]
Etymology
The specific name, greeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Allen Eddy Greer.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat og E. greeri is forest, at altitudes from 150–500 m (490–1,640 ft).[1]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sadlier RA, Bauer AM, Jourdan H, Astrongatt S, Deuss M, Duval T, Bourguet E, McCoy S, Bouteiller A, Lagrange A (2021). "Epibator greeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176133A123131743. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176133/123131743. Downloaded on 18 October 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Epibator greeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
- ↑ 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. (Lioscincus greeri, p. 107).
Further reading
- Böhme W (1979). "Eine neue Art der Gattung Leilopisma Duméril & Bibron, 1839 aus Neukaledonien (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) [= A new species of the genus Leiolopisma Duméril & Bibron, 1839 from New Caledonia]". Salamandra 15 (3): 140–145. (Leiolopisma greeri, new species). (in German, with an abstract in English).
Wikidata ☰ Q56055223 entry
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