Pseudemoia spenceri

Pseudemoia spenceri
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Eugongylidae
Genus:	Pseudemoia
Species:	P. spenceri
Binomial name
	Pseudemoia spenceri; (Lucas & Frost, 1894)
Synonyms
	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;

Last updated October 04, 2025

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.

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]

References

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.
1 2 3 Species Pseudemoia spenceri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
↑ 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).

Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
Kinghorn JR (1929). "A New Species of Lygosoma from New South Wales" Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales54: 32–33. {Lygosoma (Liolepisma) weekesae, new species}.
Lucas AHS, Frost C (1894). "The Lizards indigenous to Victoria". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Australia, New Series6: 24–92 + Plate II. {Lygosoma (Emoa) spenceri, new species, pp. 81–82 + Plate II, figures 1, 1a}.
Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 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.

[RDB-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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