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Anomalopus mackayi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Anomalopus |
Species: | A. mackayi |
Binomial name | |
Anomalopus mackayi | |
Anomalopus mackayi, commonly known as the five-clawed worm skink, the long-legged worm skink, and Mackay's burrowing skink, is a species of smooth-scaled burrowing skink, a lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to eastern Australia.
The specific name, mackayi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Roy D. Mackay. [2] [3]
Anomalopus mackayi generally burrows in areas with black soil and few trees.[ citation needed ]
Anomalopus mackayi usually grows to a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 10 cm (3.9 in). A. mackayi is similar to A. leuckartii but with distinctly didactyle (having two digits) hindlimbs, a central dark spot within each individual scale, and is yellow-green below with darker flecks (Cogger 2000).
Adult females of Anomalopus mackayi give birth to live young by ovoviviparity.[ citation needed ]
Anomalopus mackayi is listed as "Least Concern" under the 2018 IUCN Red List, [1] and as "Endangered" under Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992. [4]