Biology:Saproscincus challengeri

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Short description: Species of lizard

Saproscincus challengeri
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Saproscincus
Species:
S. challengeri
Binomial name
Saproscincus challengeri
(Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lygosoma challengeri
    Boulenger, 1887
  • Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) challengeri
    — M.A. Smith, 1937
  • Lampropholis challengeri
    — Greer, 1974
  • Saproscincus challengeri
    — Sadlier, Colgan & Shea, 1993

Saproscincus challengeri, also known commonly as the Border Ranges shadeskink, Challenger's skink, the challenging shade skink, and the orange-tailed shadeskink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia .[1]

Etymology

George Albert Boulenger, herpetologist at the British Museum (Natural History) named S. challengeri after the Challenger expedition in 1887.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. challengeri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).[3]

Reproduction

S. challengeri is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Saproscincus challengeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9781421401355.  xiii + 296 pp. (Saproscincus challengeri, p. 51).
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Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Lygosoma challengeri, new species, p. 268 + Plate XIX, figures 3, 3a).
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN:978-0643100350.
  • Greer AE (1974). "The genetic relationships of the Scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology Supplemental Series 22 (31): 1–67. (Lampropholis challengeri, new combination, p. 21).
  • Sadlier RA, Colgan DJ, Shea GM (1993). "Taxonomy and distribution of the scincid lizard Saproscincus challengeri and related species in southeastern Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34 (1): 139–158. (Saproscincus challengeri, 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.


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