Biology:Satinay sand skink
| Satinay sand skink | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Coggeria Couper, Covacevich, Marsterson & Shea, 1996 |
| Species: | C. naufragus
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| Binomial name | |
| Coggeria naufragus Couper, Covacevich, Marsterson & Shea, 1996
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The Satinay sand skink (Coggeria naufragus), also known commonly as the Fraser Island sand skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Australia .
Taxonomy
C. naufragus is the type species of the monotypic genus Coggeria.[1]
Etymology
The generic name, Coggeria, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold Cogger.[2]
The specific name, naufragus, means "shipwrecked" or "castaway" in Latin.[1]
Geographic range
C. naufragus is endemic to Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia.[1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. naufragus is forest.[3]
Description
C. naufragus has an elongated body and very small legs. There are three digits on each front foot, and three digits on each hind foot.[1]
Behavior
C. naufragus is terrestrial and fossorial.[3]
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of C. naufragus is unknown.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Species Coggeria naufragus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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. (Coggeria, p. 56).
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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.
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN:978-1921517280.
External links
- Couper, P.J.; Covacevich, J.A.; Marsterson, S.P.; Shea, G.M. (1996). "Coggeria naufragus gen. et sp. nov., a sand-swimming skink from Fraser Island, Queensland.". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39 (2): 233–241. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Coggeria. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
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