Pseudemoia rawlinsoni

Pseudemoia rawlinsoni, also known commonly as the glossy grass skink and Rawlinson's window-eyed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Pseudemoia rawlinsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Pseudemoia
Species:
P. rawlinsoni
Binomial name
Pseudemoia rawlinsoni
(Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1988)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leiolopisma rawlinsoni
    Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1988
  • Pseudemoia rawlinsoni
    — Hutchinson et al., 1990

Etymology

The specific name, rawlinsoni, is in honour of Australian herpetologist Peter Alan Rawlinson (1942–1991).[3]

Geographic range

Native to southeastern Australia, P. rawlinsoni is found in New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. rawlinsoni are grassland and freshwater wetlands.[1]

Reproduction

P. rawlinsoni is viviparous.[2]

References
  1. Gillespie G, Clemann N, Hutchinson M, Michael D, Melville J, Robertson P, Chapple DG (2018). "Pseudemoia rawlinsoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109480985A109480994. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109480985A109480994.en. Downloaded on 28 March 2020.
  2. Pseudemoia rawlinsoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudemoia rawlinsoni, p. 218).

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 (1988). "A new species of scincid lizard related to Leiolopisma entrecasteauxii, from southeastern Australia". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 112 (4): 143–151. (Leiolopisma rawlinsoni, new species).
  • 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. (Pseudemoia rawlinsoni, new combination).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.