Epibator greeri

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Epibator greeri
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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Etymology

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

Habitat

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

Reproduction

E. greeri is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Sadlier RA, Bauer AM, Jourdan H, Astrongatt S, Deuss M, Duval T, Bourguet E, McCoy S, Bouteiller A, Lagrange A (2021). "Epibator greeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176133A123131743. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176133/123131743. Downloaded on 18 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Epibator greeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
  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. (Lioscincus greeri, p. 107).

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