Eastern mourning skink
| Eastern mourning skink | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Lissolepis |
| Species: | L. coventryi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lissolepis coventryi (Storr, 1978)
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The eastern mourning skink (Lissolepis coventryi), also known commonly as Coventry's spinytail skink and the swamp skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, coventryi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Albert John Coventry.[3]
Geographic range[edit]
L. coventryi is found in the Australian states of South Australia, Victoria, and possibly New South Wales.[2]
Habitat[edit]
The preferred natural habitat of L. coventryi is freshwater wetlands such as marshes and swamps.[1]
Description[edit]
L. coventryi has an average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8 cm (3.1 in), with a long tail, which is almost one and a half times SVL.[4]
Reproduction[edit]
L. coventryi is viviparous.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Gillespie, G.; Clemann, N.; Robertson, P.; Melville, J.; Michael, D.; Hutchinson, M.; Chapple, D.C. [sic] (2018). "Lissolepis coventryi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109480101A109480110.en.
- ^ a b c Lissolepis coventryi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 January 2019.
- ^ 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 coventryi, p. 60).
- ^ Storr GM (1978).
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.
- Storr GM (1978). "The genus Egernia (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 6 (2): 147–187. (Egernia coventryi, new species, pp. 175–177, Plate 1).
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
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