Eremiascincus brongersmai

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Eremiascincus brongersmai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Eremiascincus
Species:
E. brongersmai
Binomial name
Eremiascincus brongersmai
(Storr, 1972)
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Synonyms [2]
  • Sphenomorphus brongersmai
    Storr, 1972
  • Glaphyromorphus brongersmai
    Cogger, 2000
  • Eremiascincus brongersmai
    Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2009

Eremiascincus brongersmai, also known commonly as Brongersma's tree skink and the brown-sided bar-lipped skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the state of Western Australia. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, brongersmai, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Leo Brongersma. [3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of E. brongersmai are rocky areas, shrubland, savanna, and forest. [1]

Description

E. brongersmai has fully developed limbs, with five digits on each front foot and five digits on each hind foot. [2]

Reproduction

E. brongersmai is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Shea, G.; Cogger, H. (2017). "Eremiascincus brongersmai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T178593A101749779. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178593A101749779.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Eremiascincus brongersmai 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. (Glaphyromorphus brongersmai, p. 39).

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