| Pseudemoia cryodroma | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Pseudemoia |
| Species: | P. cryodroma |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudemoia cryodroma Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1992 | |
Pseudemoia cryodroma, also known commonly as the alpine bog skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Victoria in Australia.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of P. cryodroma are freshwater wetlands, grassland, shrubland, and forest, at altitudes of at least 1,100 m (3,600 ft).
Reproduction
P. cryodroma is viviparous.
Hybridization
P. cryodroma is known to hybridize with two other species in its genus, P. entrecasteauxii and P. pagenstecheri.
References
- ^ Clemann, N.; Hutchinson, M.; Melville, J.; Gillespie, G.; Robertson, P.; Michael, D.; Chapple, D.G. (2018). "Pseudemoia cryodroma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109480937A109480945. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109480937A109480945.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Pseudemoia cryodroma at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
Further reading
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Hutchinson MN, Donnellan SC (1992). "Taxonomy and genetic variation in the Australian lizards of the genus Pseudemoia (Scincidae: Lygosominae)". Journal of Natural History 26 (1): 215–264. (Pseudemoia cryodroma, new species, p. 245).
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
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| Pseudemoia cryodroma | |
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