''Carinascincus coventryi'', also known commonly as Coventry's window-eyed skink and the southern forest cool-skink, is a

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in the

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Scincidae. The species is

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Etymology

The

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, ''coventryi'', is in honor of Australian herpetologist

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Geographic range

''C. coventryi'' is found in the Australian states of

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and southern

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Habitat

The preferred natural

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of ''C. coventryi'' is

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, 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

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Reproduction

''C. coventryi'' is

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References

* 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). "Two new lizard species from the genus ''Leiolopisma'' (Scincidae: Lygosominae) in southeastern Australia and Tasmania". ''Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria'' 36: 1–15 + Plates 1–2. (''Leiolopisma coventryi'', new species, pp. 2–4, Figure 1 + Plate 1, figure 1 & Plate 3, figure a). *

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, Swan G (2013). ''A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition''. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. . (''Niveoscincus coventryi)''. Carinascincus Skinks of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Reptiles described in 1975 Taxa named by Peter Alan Rawlinson {{skink-stub