''Egernia douglasi'', also known
commonly as the Kimberley crevice-skink, is a
species of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Scincidae. The species is
endemic to Australia.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''Douglasi'', is in honor of Australian zoologist
Athol M. Douglas.
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Egernia douglasi'', p. 75).]
Geographic range
''E. douglasi'' is found in the Australian state of
Western Australia.
[ It is present in the Charnley River-Artesian Range Wildlife Sanctuary in the ]Kimberley
Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to:
Places and historical events
Australia
* Kimberley (Western Australia)
** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley
* Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania
* Kimberley, Tasmania a small town
* County of Kimberley, a ...
region of WA.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of ''E. Douglasi'' is a rocky area in savanna.
Reproduction
''E. douglasi'' is ovoviviparous.[
]
References
Further reading
* Cogger HG (2014). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition''. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. .
* Glauert L (1956). "A New Skink from West Kimberley, ''Egernia striolata douglasi ssp. nov.''" ''Western Australian Naturalist'' 5: 117–119. (''Egernia striolata douglasi'', new subspecies).
* Storr GM (1978). "The genus ''Egernia'' (Reptilia, Lacertilia) in Western Australia". ''Records of the Western Australian Museum'' 6 (2): 147–187. (''Egernia douglasi'', new taxonomic status, p. 171).
* Wilson S, Swan G (2013). ''A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition''. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .
Skinks of Australia
Egernia
Endemic fauna of Australia
Taxa named by Ludwig Glauert
Reptiles described in 1956
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