Alpine cool-skink

Alpine cool-skink
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Carinascincus
Species:	C. greeni
Binomial name
Carinascincus greeni (Rawlinson, 1975)
Synonyms [2]
Leiolopisma greeni Rawlinson, 1975 Carinascincus greeni — Wells & Wellington, 1985 Niveoscincus greeni — Hutchinson et al., 1990 Pseudemoia greeni — Frank & Ramus, 1995 Niveoscincus greeni — Melville & R. Swain, 2000 Carinascincus greeni — Greer, 2005 Niveoscincus greeni — Wilson & Swan, 2013 Carinascincus greeni — Cogger, 2014

The alpine cool-skink (Carinascincus greeni), ^[2] also known commonly as the northern snow skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Tasmania in Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, greeni, is in honor of Tasmanian ornithologist Robert "Bob" Green. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. greeni are rocky areas and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes higher than 1,000 m (3,300 ft), above the tree line. ^[1]

Reproduction

C. greeni is ovoviviparous. ^[2] Litter size is two or three newborns. ^[1]

References

1. Chapple, D.G.; Robertson, P.; Michael, D.; Clemann, N.; Wapstra, E. (2017). "Carinascincus greeni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T109480598A109480609. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109480598A109480609.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Carinascincus greeni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. 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. (Niveoscincus greeni, p. 107).

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN   978-0643100350. (Carinascincus greeni, p. 427).
• 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 Zoology38 (5): 535–554. (Niveoscincus greeni, new combination).
• Rawlinson PA (1975). "Two new lizard species from the genus Leilopisma (Scincidae: Lygosominae) in southeastern Australia". Memoirs of Museum Victoria36: 1–15. (Leiolopisma greeni, new species).
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. ISBN   978-1921517280. (Niveoscincus greeni).