Biology:Saproscincus czechurai

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Short description: Species of lizard

Saproscincus czechurai
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Saproscincus
Species:
S. czechurai
Binomial name
Saproscincus czechurai
(Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981)
Saproscincus czechurai distribution.png
Synonyms[1]
  • Lampropholis czechurai
    Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981
  • Ctenotus czechurai
    — Wells & Wellington, 1983
  • Ctenotus czechurae
    — Muñoz et al., 2016

Saproscincus czechurai, also known commonly as Czechura's litter-skink, Czechura's skink, and the wedge-snouted shadeskink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia .[1]

Etymology

The specific name, czechurai, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Gregory Vincent Czechura.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. czechurai is forest, at altitudes above 900 m (3,000 ft).[3]

Reproduction

S. czechurai is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Saproscincus czechurai 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. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Saproscincus czechurai, p. 63).
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Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN:978-0643100350.
  • Ingram GJ, Rawlinson PA (1981). "Five new species of skinks (genus Lampropholis) from Queensland and New South Wales". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20 (2): 311–317. (Lampropholis czechurai, new species).
  • 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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