Eulamprus kosciuskoi

Eulamprus kosciuskoi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Eulamprus
Species:	E. kosciuskoi
Binomial name
	Eulamprus kosciuskoi; (Kinghorn, 1932)
Synonyms
	Lygosoma quoyi kosciuskoi; Kinghorn, 1932; Sphenomorphus kosciuskoi(Kinghorn, 1932);

Last updated September 29, 2025

Eulamprus kosciuskoi, also known commonly as the alpine meadow-skink and the alpine water skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to eastern Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, kosciuskoi, refers to Mount Kosciuszko, Australia's highest mountain,^[3] where the holotype was collected.^[2]

Description

E. kosciuskoi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8.5 cm (3.3 in). It has a narrow black vertebral stripe and yellow dorsolateral stripes.^[4]

Geographic range

E. kosciuskoi is found in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of E. kosciuskoi are forest, shrubland, grassland, and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes above 1,000 m (3,300 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

E. kosciuskoi is ovoviviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 Shea, G.; Cogger, H.; Greenlees, M. (2018). "Eulamprus kosciuskoi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T109471718A109471736. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109471718A109471736.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
1 2 3 4 Eulamprus kosciuskoi 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. (Eulamprus kosciuskoi, p. 145).
↑ Wilson S, Swan G (2023). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Sixth Edition. Sydney: Reed New Holland Publishers. 688 pp. ISBN 978-1-92554-671-2. (Eulamprus kosciuskoi, pp. 330–331).

Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
Done, Barbara Saylor; Heatwole, Harold (1977). "Social Behavior of Some Australian Skinks". Copeia1977 (3): 419–430. (Sphenomorphus kosciuskoi, new combination).
Hutchinson MN, Rawlinson PA (1995). "The water skinks (Lacertilia: Eulamprus) of Victoria and South Australia". Records of the South Australian Museum28 (2): 185–207.
Kinghorn JR (1932). "Herpetological notes. No. 4". Records of the Australian Museum18 (2): 335–363. (Lygosoma quoyi kosciuskoi, new subspecies, p. 359).

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 Shea, G.; Cogger, H.; Greenlees, M. (2018). "Eulamprus kosciuskoi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T109471718A109471736. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109471718A109471736.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Eulamprus kosciuskoi 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. (Eulamprus kosciuskoi, p. 145).

[4] Wilson S, Swan G (2023). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Sixth Edition. Sydney: Reed New Holland Publishers. 688 pp. ISBN 978-1-92554-671-2. (Eulamprus kosciuskoi, pp. 330–331).

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