Satinay sand skink
| Satinay sand skink | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Coggeria Couper, Covacevich, Marsterson & Shea, 1996 |
| Species: | C. naufragus
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| Binomial name | |
| Coggeria naufragus Couper, Covacevich, Marsterson & Shea, 1996
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The Satinay sand skink (Coggeria naufragus), also known commonly as the Fraser Island sand skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Australia.
Taxonomy
[edit]C. naufragus is the type species of the monotypic genus Coggeria.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The generic name, Coggeria, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold Cogger.[3]
The specific name, naufragus, means "shipwrecked" or "castaway" in Latin.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]C. naufragus is endemic to Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of C. naufragus is forest.[1]
Description
[edit]C. naufragus has an elongated body and very small legs. There are three digits on each front foot, and three digits on each hind foot.[2]
Behavior
[edit]C. naufragus is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]The mode of reproduction of C. naufragus is unknown.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Hobson, R.; Shea, G.; Wilson, S.; Venz, M.; Sanderson, C.; Vanderduys, E. (2018). "Coggeria naufragus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102967418A102967426. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102967418A102967426.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Species Coggeria naufragus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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. (Coggeria, p. 56).
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.
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
External links
[edit]- Couper, P.J.; Covacevich, J.A.; Marsterson, S.P.; Shea, G.M. (1996). "Coggeria naufragus gen. et sp. nov., a sand-swimming skink from Fraser Island, Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 39 (2): 233–241. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2010.