Concinnia frerei

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Concinnia frerei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Scinciformata
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Sphenomorphidae
Genus: Concinnia
Species:
C. frerei
Binomial name
Concinnia frerei
(Greer, 1992)
Synonyms [2]

Concinnia frerei, also known commonly as the stout bar-sided skink or the stout barsided skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, frerei, refers to Mount Bartle Frere where the holotype was collected. [2] [3]

Geographic range

C. frerei is found in northeastern Queensland. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. frerei is rocky mountaintops, at altitudes of 1,210–1,622 m (3,970–5,322 ft). [1]

Description

C. frerei has five digits on each of its four feet. [2] The holotype, an adult male, has a snout-to-vent length of 6.6 cm (2.6 in), plus a tail length of 8.2 cm (3.2 in). [4]

Reproduction

C. frerei is ovoviviparous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Hoskin, C.; Shea, G. (2018). "Concinnia frerei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T109452204A109452214. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109452204A109452214.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Concinnia frerei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2015.
  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. (Eulamprus frerei, p. 94).
  4. Greer AE (1992).

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