Pseudemoia spenceri

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Pseudemoia spenceri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Pseudemoia
Species:
P. spenceri
Binomial name
Pseudemoia spenceri
(Lucas & Frost, 1894)
Synonyms [2]
  • Lygosoma (Emoa) spenceri
    Lucas & Frost, 1894
  • Lygosoma (Liolepisma) weekesae
    Kinghorn, 1929
  • Ablepharus spenceri
    M.A. Smith, 1937
  • Pseudemoia spenceri
    Fuhn, 1967
  • Leiolopisma spenceri
    Greer, 1974
  • Pseudemoia spenceri
    Cogger, 1983

Pseudemoia spenceri, also known commonly as Spencer's widow-eyed skink or the trunk-climbing cool-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

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Etymology

The specific name, spenceri, is in honour of English-Australian biologist Walter Baldwin Spencer. [3]

Geographic range

P. spenceri is found in southeastern Australia, in the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. spenceri are forest and rocky areas. [1]

Reproduction

P. spenceri is viviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Shea, G.; Clemann, N.; Hutchinson, M.; Chapple, D. (2018). "Pseudemoia spenceri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T109481007A109481026. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109481007A109481026.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Species Pseudemoia spenceri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudemoia spenceri, p. 250).

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