Eremiascincus brongersmai

Eremiascincus brongersmai
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Eremiascincus
Species:	E. brongersmai
Binomial name
	Eremiascincus brongersmai; (Storr, 1972)
Synonyms
	Sphenomorphus brongersmai; Storr, 1972; Glaphyromorphus brongersmai; — Cogger, 2000; Eremiascincus brongersmai; — Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2009;

Last updated November 19, 2021

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]

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 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.
1 2 3 4 Eremiascincus brongersmai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2015.
↑ 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).