Biology:Pseudemoia rawlinsoni
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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: | Pseudemoia |
| Species: | P. rawlinsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudemoia rawlinsoni (Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1988)
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Pseudemoia rawlinsoni, also commonly known as the glossy grass skink and Rawlinson's window-eyed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia .
Etymology
The specific name, rawlinsoni, is in honour of Australian herpetologist Peter Alan Rawlinson (1942–1991).[3]
Geographic range
Native to southeastern Australia, P. rawlinsoni is found in New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of P. rawlinsoni are grassland and freshwater wetlands.[1]
Reproduction
P. rawlinsoni is viviparous.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gillespie, G.; Clemann, N.; Hutchinson, M.; Michael, D.; Melville, J.; Robertson, P.; Chapple, D.G. (2018). "Pseudemoia rawlinsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109480985A109480994. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109480985A109480994.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/109480985/109480994. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pseudemoia rawlinsoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudemoia rawlinsoni, p. 218).
Further reading
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN:978-0643100350.
- Hutchinson MN, Donnellan SC (1988). "A new species of scincid lizard related to Leiolopisma entrecasteauxii, from southeastern Australia". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 112 (4): 143–151. (Leiolopisma rawlinsoni, new species).
- Hutchinson MN, Donnellan SC, Baverstock PR, Krieg M, Simms S, Burgin S (1990). "Immunological Relationships and Generic Revision of the Australian Lizards Assigned to the Genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae, Lygosominae)". Australian Journal of Zoology 38 (5): 535–554. (Pseudemoia rawlinsoni, 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 ☰ Q5122207 entry
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