Notoscincus butleri

Notoscincus butleri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Notoscincus
Species:	N. butleri
Binomial name
Notoscincus butleri Storr, 1979

Notoscincus butleri, also known commonly as Butler's snake-eyed skink, the lined soil-crevice skink, and the lined soil-crevis skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, butleri, is in honor of Australian naturalist William Henry "Harry" Butler. ^[2]

Geographic range

N. butleri is found in the Pilbara region ^[1] in the Australian state of Western Australia. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of N. butleri is stony grassland. ^[1]

Reproduction

N. butleri is oviparous. ^[3]

References

1. Teale, R.; Doughty, P.; Ellis, R.; Catt, G.; Wilson, S. (2017). "Notoscincus butleri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T109480767A109480777. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109480767A109480777.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. 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. (Notoscincus butleri, p. 44).
3. Notoscincus butleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 16 December 2021.

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN   978-0643100350.
• Storr GM (1979). "Five new lizards from Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum8 (1): 134–142. (Notoscincus butleri, new species, pp. 140–142, Figure 4).
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN   978-1921517280.