Egernia douglasi

Egernia douglasi, also known commonly as the Kimberley crevice-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Egernia douglasi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Egernia
Species:
E. douglasi
Binomial name
Egernia douglasi
Glauert, 1956
Synonyms[2]
  • Egernia striolata douglasi
    Glauert, 1956
  • Egernia douglasi
    — Storr, 1978

Etymology

The specific name, douglasi, is in honor of Australian zoologist Athol M. Douglas.[3]

Geographic range

E. douglasi is found in the Australian state of Western Australia.[2] It is present in the Charnley River–Artesian Range Wildlife Sanctuary in the Kimberley region of WA.[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. douglasi is rocky areas in savanna.[1]

Reproduction

E. douglasi is ovoviviparous.[2]

References
  1. Shea, G.; Cogger, H. (2017). "Egernia douglasi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T109470317A109470323. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109470317A109470323.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Egernia douglasi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 January 2020.
  3. 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 douglasi, p. 75).
  4. "Charnley River – Artesian Range: ACE". Australian Wildlife Conservancy. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

Further reading
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • 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. ISBN 978-1921517280.



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