| Alpine cool-skink | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Carinascincus |
| Species: | C. greeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Carinascincus greeni (Rawlinson, 1975) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The alpine cool-skink (Carinascincus greeni), also known commonly as the northern snow skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Tasmania in Australia.
Etymology
The specific name, greeni, is in honor of Tasmanian ornithologist Robert "Bob" Green.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of C. greeni are rocky areas and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes higher than 1,000 m (3,300 ft), above the tree line.
Reproduction
C. greeni is ovoviviparous. Litter size is two or three newborns.
References
- ^ Chapple, D.G.; Robertson, P.; Michael, D.; Clemann, N.; Wapstra, E. (2017). "Carinascincus greeni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T109480598A109480609. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109480598A109480609.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Carinascincus greeni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- 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. (Niveoscincus greeni, p. 107).
Further reading
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350. (Carinascincus greeni, p. 427).
- Hutchinson MN, Donnellan SC, Baverstock PR, Krieg M, Simms S, Burgin S (1990). "Immunological relationships and generic revision of the Australian lizards assigned to the genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae: Lygosominae)". Australian Journal of Zoology 38 (5): 535–554. (Niveoscincus greeni, new combination).
- Rawlinson PA (1975). "Two new lizard species from the genus Leilopisma (Scincidae: Lygosominae) in southeastern Australia". Memoirs of Museum Victoria 36: 1–15. (Leiolopisma greeni, new species).
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. ISBN 978-1921517280. (Niveoscincus greeni).
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Niveoscincus greeni | |
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