Eremiascincus brongersmai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Eremiascincus
Species:
E. brongersmai
Binomial name
Eremiascincus brongersmai
(Storr, 1972)
Synonyms[2]
  • Sphenomorphus brongersmai
    Storr, 1972
  • Glaphyromorphus brongersmai
    — Cogger, 2000
  • Eremiascincus brongersmai
    — Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2009

Eremiascincus brongersmai, also known commonly as Brongersma's tree skink and the brown-sided bar-lipped skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the state of Western Australia.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, brongersmai, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Leo Brongersma.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of E. brongersmai are rocky areas, shrubland, savanna, and forest.[1]

Description

E. brongersmai has fully developed limbs, with five digits on each front foot and five digits on each hind foot.[2]

Reproduction

E. brongersmai is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Shea, G.; Cogger, H. (2017). "Eremiascincus brongersmai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T178593A101749779. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178593A101749779.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Eremiascincus brongersmai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Glaphyromorphus brongersmai, p. 39).

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