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(Redirected from Lissolepis coventryi) Species of lizard

Eastern mourning skink
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lissolepis
Species: L. coventryi
Binomial name
Lissolepis coventryi
(Storr, 1978)
Synonyms
  • Egernia coventryi
    Storr, 1978
  • Lissolepis coventryi
    — Gardner et al., 2008

The eastern mourning skink (Lissolepis coventryi), also known commonly as Coventry's spinytail skink and the swamp 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

L. coventryi is found in the Australian states of South Australia, Victoria, and possibly New South Wales.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. coventryi is freshwater wetlands such as marshes and swamps.

Description

L. coventryi has an average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8 cm (3.1 in), with a long tail, which is almost one and a half times SVL.

Reproduction

L. coventryi is viviparous.

References

  1. ^ Gillespie, G.; Clemann, N.; Robertson, P.; Melville, J.; Michael, D.; Hutchinson, M.; Chapple, D.C. (2018). "Lissolepis coventryi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109480101A109480110.en.
  2. ^ Lissolepis coventryi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 January 2019.
  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 coventryi, p. 60).
  4. Storr GM (1978).

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Storr GM (1978). "The genus Egernia (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 6 (2): 147–187. (Egernia coventryi, new species, pp. 175–177, Plate 1).
  • 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
Lissolepis coventryi


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