Anomalopus verreauxii

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Anomalopus verreauxii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Anomalopus
Species:
A. verreauxii
Binomial name
Anomalopus verreauxii
Synonyms [2]
  • Anomalopus verreauxii
    A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851
  • Siaphus simplex
    Cope, 1864
  • Anomalopus godeffroyi
    W. Peters, 1867
  • Chelomeles pseudopus
    Günther, 1873
  • Lygosoma verreauxi
    M.A. Smith, 1937
  • Anomalopus verreauxii
    Cogger, 1983

Anomalopus verreauxii, also known commonly as the three-clawed worm-skink or Verreaux's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

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Etymology

The specific name, verreauxii (masculine, genitive, singular), is in honor of one of the Verreaux brothers, Édouard Verreaux and Jules Verreaux, who were French naturalists and taxidermists. [3]

Geographic range

A. verreauxii is found in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. verreauxii is forest. [1]

Description

A. verreauxii has three clawed toes on the front leg, and it has no toes on the back leg. [4]

Reproduction

A. verreauxii is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Vanderduys E, Venz M, Wilson S, Hobson R, Sanderson C (2018). "Anomalopus verreauxii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102965565A102965638. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102965565A102965638.en. Downloaded on 30 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Anomalopus verreauxii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2015.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anomolopus verreauxii, p. 274).
  4. Greer & Cogger (1985).

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