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Species of lizard

Major skink
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Bellatorias
Species: B. frerei
Binomial name
Bellatorias frerei
(Günther, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Egernia frerei
    Günther, 1897
  • Hortonia oakesi
    Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Hortonia shinei
    Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Bellatorias frerei
    — Gardner et al., 2008

The major skink (Bellatorias frerei) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to part of Australia and part of Australasia.

Etymology

The specific name, frerei, refers to Mount Bartle Frere where the holotype was collected.

Geographic range

B. frerei is found in Australia in the states of Queensland and New South Wales, and in Papua New Guinea.

Habitat

B. frerei is found in a variety of habitats including forest, savanna, grassland, rocky areas, and suburban areas.

Description

The holotype of B. frerei has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9.3 cm (3.7 in), plus a tail length of 14 cm (5.5 in).

Behavior

B. frerei is terrestrial and diurnal, basking to thermoregulate, and living socially in small colonies.

Diet

B. frerei is omnivorous.

Reproduction

B. frerei is ovoviviparous.

References

  1. ^ Shea G; Allison A; Tallowin O; Vanderduys E; Venz M; Wilson S; Hobson R (2018). "Bellatorias frerei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T42483725A42483732. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42483725A42483732.en. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  2. ^ Bellatorias frerei 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 frerei, p. 94).
  4. Günther A (1897).

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Gardner MG, Hugall AF, Donnellan SC, Hutchinson MN, Foster R (2008). "Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the Egernia group (Reptilia: Scincidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154 (4): 781–794. (Bellatorias frerei, new combination).
  • Günther A (1897). "Descriptions of New Species of Lizards and of a Tree-Frog from N.E. Queensland". Novitates Zoologicae, Tring Museum 4: 403–406 + Plates XI–XII. (Egernia frerei, new species, pp. 405–406, no illustration).
  • 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
Bellatorias frerei
Egernia frerei


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