Saproscincus challengeri

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Saproscincus challengeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Saproscincus
Species:
S. challengeri
Binomial name
Saproscincus challengeri
(Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms [2]
  • Lygosoma challengeri
    Boulenger, 1887
  • Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) challengeri
    M.A. Smith, 1937
  • Lampropholis challengeri
    Greer, 1974
  • Saproscincus challengeri
    Sadlier, Colgan & Shea, 1993

Saproscincus challengeri, also known commonly as the Border Ranges shadeskink, Challenger's skink, the challenging shade skink, and the orange-tailed shadeskink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. [2]

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Etymology

George Albert Boulenger, herpetologist at the British Museum (Natural History) named S. challengeri after the Challenger expedition in 1887. [3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. challengeri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft). [1]

Reproduction

S. challengeri is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Shea, G.; Wilson, S.; Sanderson, C.; Hobson, R. (2018). "Saproscincus challengeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T109481194A109481212. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109481194A109481212.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Saproscincus challengeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   9781421401355. xiii + 296 pp. (Saproscincus challengeri, p. 51).

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