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Niveoscincus
''Carinascincus'' is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae), commonly called snow skinks or cool-skinks and residing mainly in Tasmania or Victoria, Australia. Then recognised as the genus ''Niveoscincus'', it was found to belong to a clade with the genera ''Carlia'', ''Lampropholis'' and others of the ''Eugongylus'' group within Lygosominae. Cogger has rejected the use of the junior name ''Niveoscincus'' and recognizes the valid senior generic name ''Carinascincus'' for the group.Cogger (2014). For similar skinks see genera ''Pseudemoia'', ''Lampropholis'', and ''Bassiana''. These skinks have adapted to the cooler weather of southern Australia and particularly Tasmania, hence the common names. Species *''Carinascincus coventryi'' – southern forest cool-skink *''Carinascincus greeni'' – alpine cool-skink or northern snow skink *''Carinascincus metallicus'' – metallic skink or metallic cool-skink *''Carinascincus microlepidotus'' – boulder cool-skink or southern snow s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carinascincus Ocellatus
The spotted skink (''Carinascincus ocellatus''), sometimes called the ocellated cool-skink or ocellated skink, is a skink endemic to Tasmania, Australia. It is a ground-dwelling, viviparous species, usually found in rocky habitats, and widespread in the northern and eastern parts of the state, as well as in the eastern Bass Strait Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ... islands. It is often found at Arthurs Lake in the Central Highlands of Tasmania.Cogger, H.G. (1979). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia''. Reed: Sydney. Spotted skink populations are distributed along an altitudinal gradient, with variations in thermal conditions along the gradient affecting body temperature regulation and reproductive activity. Skinks in low to mid altitudes achieve their optimal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carinascincus Metallicus
:''"Metallic skink" may also refer to the garden skink (Lampropholis delicata)''. ''Carinascincus metallicus'', the metallic cool-skink or metallic skink is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to Australia, found in southern Victoria, as well as in Tasmania where it is the most widespread and common lizard, occurring on many offshore islands in Bass Strait Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ... as well as the mainland. It gives birth to live young. It is highly variable in colour and pattern, and may be a complex of closely related species.Cogger, H.G. (1979). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia''. Reed: Sydney. References Carinascincus Skinks of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Reptiles described in 1874 Taxa named by Arthu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carinascincus Coventryi
''Carinascincus coventryi'', also known commonly as Coventry's window-eyed skink and the southern forest cool-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Etymology The specific name, ''coventryi'', is in honor of Australian herpetologist Albert John Coventry. Geographic range ''C. coventryi'' is found in the Australian states of Victoria and southern New South Wales. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''C. coventryi'' is forest, at altitudes of . Description ''C. coventryi'' may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , with a long tail which is about one and a third times SVL. Rawlinson PA (1975). Behavior ''C. coventryi'' is terrestrial. Reproduction ''C. coventryi'' is viviparous. References Further reading * Cogger HG (2014). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition''. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . (''Carinascincus coventryi'', p. 426). * Rawlinson PA (1975). " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudemoia
''Pseudemoia'' is a genus of skinks native to southeastern Australia. For similar skinks see genera ''Bassiana'', ''Lampropholis'', and ''Niveoscincus''. Reproduction At least in ''P. entrecasteauxii'', ''P. pagenstecheri'', and ''P. spenceri'', a placenta-like structure is formed during pregnancy to pass nutrients to the developing offspring. Similar mammal-like adaptations also occur in the skink genera '' Chalcides'', '' Eumecia'', ''Mabuya'', ''Niveoscincus'', and ''Trachylepis''. Species Six species are recognized. *''Pseudemoia baudini'' – Baudin's skink,Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Pseudemoia baudini'', p. 19). Bight Coast skink *''Pseudemoia cryodroma'' – alpine bog skink *''Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii The southern grass skink (''Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii)'' is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lampropholis
''Lampropholis'' is a genus of skinks, commonly known as sunskinks, in the lizard subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The genus ''Lampropholis'' was previously found to belong to a clade with the genera ''Niveoscincus'', ''Leiolopisma'' and others of the ''Eugongylus'' group within Lygosominae. All species of ''Lampropholis'' are endemic to Australia. For similar skinks see genera ''Bassiana'', ''Pseudemoia'', and ''Niveoscincus''. Diet Sunskinks feed on invertebrates such as crickets, moths, slaters (woodlice), earthworms, and cockroaches. Species The following 14 species are recognized as being valid. Wells RW (2002) "Some Taxonomic Changes to the Genus ''Lampropholis'' (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Australia". ''Australian Biodiversity Record'' (8): 1-24. *''Lampropholis adonis'' – diamond-shielded sunskink, Ingram's litter skink *''Lampropholis amicula'' – friendly sunskink *'' Lampropholis bellendenkerensis'' *'' Lampropholis caligula'' – montane sunski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lygosominae
Lygosominae is the largest subfamily of skinks in the family Scincidae. The subfamily can be divided into a number of genus groups. If the rarely used taxonomic rank of infrafamily is employed, the genus groups would be designated as such, but such a move would require a formal description according to the ICZN standards. Genera Several Lygosominae genera were notorious " wastebin taxa" in the past, with scientists assigning more or less closely related species to them in a haphazard fashion and without verifying that the new species were close relatives of the genera's type species. What was once placed in ''Lygosoma'', for example, is now divided among some 15 genera, not all in this subfamily. Similarly, ''Mabuya'' and ''Sphenomorphus'' are having species moved elsewhere. *''Haackgreerius'' (monotypic: endemic to coastal Somalia) *''Lamprolepis'' – tree skinks *''Lygosoma'' – writhing skinks *''Mochlus'' - African spp. (synonym ''Lepidothyris'') *''Riopa'' *''Subdoluseps' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carinascincus Orocryptus
''Carinascincus orocryptus'', the heath cool-skink, mountain skink or Tasmanian mountain skink, is a skink endemic to Tasmania, Australia. It is viviparous and mainly found in alpine Alpine may refer to any mountainous region. It may also refer to: Places Europe * Alps, a European mountain range ** Alpine states, which overlap with the European range Australia * Alpine, New South Wales, a Northern Village * Alpine National Pa ... areas, though occurring down to sea-level in the south-west of the state. References Reptiles of Tasmania Reptiles described in 1988 Skinks of Australia Carinascincus Endemic fauna of Tasmania Taxa named by Mark Norman Hutchinson Taxa named by Terry D. Schwaner Taxa named by Kathryn Medlock {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carinascincus Microlepidotus
''Carinascincus microlepidotus'', the boulder cool-skink or southern snow skink is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to Australia, found in Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi .... References Carinascincus Skinks of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Reptiles described in 1874 Taxa named by Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy] {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carinascincus Greeni
The alpine cool-skink (''Carinascincus greeni'') is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to Australia, found in Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi .... References Carinascincus Skinks of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Reptiles described in 1975 Taxa named by Peter Alan Rawlinson {{Eugongylinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlia
''Carlia'' is a genus of skinks, commonly known as four-fingered skinks or rainbow skinks, in the subfamily Eugongylinae. Before being placed in this new subfamily, ''Carlia'' was recovered in a clade with the genera ''Niveoscincus'', ''Lampropholis'', and others of the ''Eugongylus'' group within Lygosominae. Species The genus ''Carlia'' contains the following species ( n.b., a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Carlia''): *''Carlia aenigma'' (Zug, 2004) – enigmatic rainbow skink *''Carlia ailanpalai'' (Zug, 2004) – curious skink *''Carlia amax'' (Storr, 1974) – bauxite rainbow-skink *''Carlia aramia'' (Zug, 2004) – Aramia rainbow skink *''Carlia babarensis'' ( Kopstein, 1926) *''Carlia beccarii'' ( W. Peters & Doria, 1878) *''Carlia bicarinata'' ( Macleay, 1877) – rainbow-skink *''Carlia bomberai'' (Zug & Allison, 2006) *''Carlia caesius'' (Zug & Allison, 2006) *''Carlia crypta'' Singhal, Hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Cogger
Harold George "Hal" Cogger (born 4 May 1935) is an Australian herpetologist. He was curator of reptiles and amphibians at the Australian Museum from 1960 to 1975, and Deputy Director of the museum from 1976 to 1995. He has written extensively on Australian herpetology, and was the first author to create a field guide for all Australian frogs and reptiles. Cogger was made an honorary Doctor of Science in 1997. At least eight reptile taxa In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; plural taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular nam ... have been named after Cogger, including one genus, six species, and one subspecies: '' Coggeria'', '' Ctenotus coggeri'', '' Emoia coggeri'', '' Geomyersia coggeri'', '' Hydrophis coggeri'', '' Lampropholis coggeri'', '' Oedura coggeri'', and '' Diporiphora nobbi coggeri''. Beolens, Bo; Watk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edward Gray
John Edward Gray, FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of zoologist George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray (1766–1828). The same is used for a zoological name. Gray was keeper of zoology at the British Museum in London from 1840 until Christmas 1874, before the natural history holdings were split off to the Natural History Museum. He published several catalogues of the museum collections that included comprehensive discussions of animal groups and descriptions of new species. He improved the zoological collections to make them amongst the best in the world. Biography Gray was born in Walsall, but his family soon moved to London, where Gray studied medicine. He assisted his father in writing ''The Natural Arrangement of British Plants'' (1821). After being blackballed by the Linnean Society of London, Gray shifted his interest from botany to zoology. He began his zoologica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
