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(Redirected from Kimberley crevice skink) Species of lizard

Egernia douglasi
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Egernia
Species: E. douglasi
Binomial name
Egernia douglasi
Glauert, 1956
Synonyms
  • Egernia striolata douglasi
    Glauert, 1956
  • Egernia douglasi
    — Storr, 1978

Egernia douglasi, also known commonly as the Kimberley crevice-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, Douglasi, is in honor of Australian zoologist Athol M. Douglas.

Geographic range

E. douglasi is found in the Australian state of Western Australia. It is present in the Charnley River-Artesian Range Wildlife Sanctuary in the Kimberley region of WA.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. Douglasi is a rocky area in savanna.

Reproduction

E. douglasi is ovoviviparous.

References

  1. ^ Shea, G.; Cogger, H. (2017). "Egernia douglasi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T109470317A109470323. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109470317A109470323.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Egernia douglasi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 January 2020.
  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. (Egernia douglasi, p. 75).
  4. "Charnley River – Artesian Range: ACE". Australian Wildlife Conservancy. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Glauert L (1956). "A New Skink from West Kimberley, Egernia striolata douglasi ssp. nov." Western Australian Naturalist 5: 117–119. (Egernia striolata douglasi, new subspecies).
  • Storr GM (1978). "The genus Egernia (Reptilia, Lacertilia) in Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 6 (2): 147–187. (Egernia douglasi, new taxonomic status, p. 171).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.


Taxon identifiers
Egernia douglasi


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