Alpine cool-skink
| Alpine cool-skink | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Carinascincus |
| Species: | C. greeni
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| Binomial name | |
| Carinascincus greeni (Rawlinson, 1975)
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The alpine cool-skink (Carinascincus greeni),[2] 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
[edit]The specific name, greeni, is in honor of Tasmanian ornithologist Robert "Bob" Green.[3]
Habitat
[edit]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.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]C. greeni is ovoviviparous.[2] Litter size is two or three newborns.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c 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
[edit]- 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).