Eremiascincus brongersmai

Eremiascincus brongersmai, also known commonly as Brongersma's tree skink and the brown-sided bar-lipped skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the state of Western Australia.[2]

Eremiascincus brongersmai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Eremiascincus
Species:
E. brongersmai
Binomial name
Eremiascincus brongersmai
(Storr, 1972)
Synonyms[2]
  • Sphenomorphus brongersmai
    Storr, 1972
  • Glaphyromorphus brongersmai
    — Cogger, 2000
  • Eremiascincus brongersmai
    — Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2009

Etymology

The specific name, brongersmai, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Leo Brongersma.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of E. brongersmai are rocky areas, shrubland, savanna, and forest.[1]

Description

E. brongersmai has fully developed limbs, with five digits on each front foot and five digits on each hind foot.[2]

Reproduction

E. brongersmai is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Shea, G.; Cogger, H. (2017). "Eremiascincus brongersmai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T178593A101749779. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178593A101749779.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Eremiascincus brongersmai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Glaphyromorphus brongersmai, p. 39).

Further reading
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Mecke S, Doughty P, Donnellan SC (2009). "A new species of Eremiascincus (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from the Great Sandy Desert and Pilbara Coast, Western Australia and reassignment of eight species from Glaphyromorphus to Eremiascincus ". Zootaxa 2246: 1–20. (Eremiascincus brongersmai, new combination, p. 8). (in English, with an abstract in German).
  • Storr GM (1972). "Revisionary notes on the Sphenomorphus isolepis complex (Lacertilia, Scincidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen 47: 1–5. (Sphenomorphus brongersmai, new species).
  • 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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