Satinay sand skink

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Satinay sand skink
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Domain: Eukaryota
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.

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Taxonomy

C. naufragus is the type species of the monotypic genus Coggeria . [2]

Etymology

The generic name, Coggeria, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold Cogger. [3]

The specific name, naufragus, means "shipwrecked" or "castaway" in Latin. [2]

Geographic range

C. naufragus is endemic to Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. naufragus is forest. [1]

Description

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]

Behavior

C. naufragus is terrestrial and fossorial. [1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of C. naufragus is unknown. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hobson, R.; Shea, G.; Wilson, S.; Venz, M.; Sanderson, C.; Vanderduys, E. (2018). "Coggeria naufragus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T102967418A102967426. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102967418A102967426.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Species Coggeria naufragus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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. (Coggeria, p. 56).

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