Ctenotus eurydice

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Ctenotus eurydice
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Ctenotus
Species:
C. eurydice
Binomial name
Ctenotus eurydice
Czechura & Wombey, 1982

Ctenotus eurydice, also known commonly as the brown-backed yellow-lined ctenotus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, eurydice, refers to the Greek mythological character Eurydice, wife of Orpheus. [3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. eurydice is rocky areas. [1]

Description

C. eurydice has well-developed limbs, with five toes on each of its four feet. [2]

Reproduction

C. eurydice is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Shea, G.; Wilson, S. (2018). "Ctenotus eurydice". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T109463349A109463354. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109463349A109463354.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Ctenotus eurydice 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. (Ctenotus eurydice, p. 86).

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