Satinay sand skink | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Coggeria Couper, Covacevich, Marsterson & Shea, 1996 |
Species: | C. naufragus |
Binomial name | |
Coggeria naufragus Couper, Covacevich, Marsterson & Shea, 1996 | |
The Satinay sand skink (Coggeria naufragus), also known commonly as the Fraser Island sand skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Australia.
C. naufragus is the type species of the monotypic genus Coggeria . [2]
The generic name, Coggeria, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold Cogger. [3]
The specific name, naufragus, means "shipwrecked" or "castaway" in Latin. [2]
C. naufragus is endemic to Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia. [2]
The preferred natural habitat of C. naufragus is forest. [1]
C. naufragus has an elongated body and very small legs. There are three digits on each front foot, and three digits on each hind foot. [2]
C. naufragus is terrestrial and fossorial. [1]
The mode of reproduction of C. naufragus is unknown. [2]
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