Epibator greeri

Epibator greeri
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Epibator
Species:	E. greeri
Binomial name
Epibator greeri (Böhme, 1979)
Synonyms [2]
Leiolopisma greeri Böhme, 1979 Lioscincus greeri — Bauer & Sadlier, 1993 Epibator greeri — Sadlier et al., 2015

Epibator greeri, also known commonly as Greer's tree skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Caledonia. ^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

The specific name, greeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Allen Eddy Greer. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. greeri is forest, at altitudes from 150–500 m (490–1,640 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

E. greeri is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Sadlier RA; Bauer AM; Jourdan H; Astrongatt S; Deuss M; Duval T; Bourguet E; McCoy S; Bouteiller A; Lagrange A (2021). "Epibator greeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T176133A123131743. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176133A123131743.en . Retrieved 18 October 2021.
2. Epibator greeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
3. Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lioscincus greeri, p. 107)

Further reading

• Böhme W (1979). "Eine neue Art der Gattung Leilopisma Duméril & Bibron, 1839 aus Neukaledonien (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae)" [A new species of the genus Leiolopisma Duméril & Bibron, 1839 from New Caledonia]. Salamandra (in German and English). 15 (3): 140–145. (Leiolopisma greeri, new species)