Eremiascincus brongersmai
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Eremiascincus |
| Species: | E. brongersmai
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| Binomial name | |
| Eremiascincus brongersmai (Storr, 1972)
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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]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, brongersmai, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Leo Brongersma.[3]
Habitat[edit]
The preferred natural habitats of E. brongersmai are rocky areas, shrubland, savanna, and forest.[1]
Description[edit]
E. brongersmai has fully developed limbs, with five digits on each front foot and five digits on each hind foot.[2]
Reproduction[edit]
E. brongersmai is oviparous.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d Eremiascincus brongersmai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
- ^ 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[edit]
- 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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