Flinder's Ranges rock-skink
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Liopholis |
| Species: | L. margaretae
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| Binomial name | |
| Liopholis margaretae (Storr, 1968)
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The Flinder's Ranges rock-skink (Liopholis margaretae), also known commonly as the Centralian Ranges rock-skink and the rock egernia, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Egerniinae of the family Scincidae (skinks). The species is endemic to central Australia.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, margaretae, is in honour of Margaret Anne Slater, wife of K.R. Slater. K.R. Slater donated the holotype to the Western Australian Museum.[3]
Description
[edit]Liopholis margaretae may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 11.5 cm (4.5 in).[4]
Geographic range
[edit]Within Australia, Liopholis margaretae is found in the state of South Australia and the adjacent territory of Northern Territory.[1][2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of Liopholis margaretae is rocky areas.[1]
Behaviour
[edit]Liopholis margaretae is diurnal, terrestrial, and saxicolous (rock-dwelling).[1]
Reproduction
[edit]Liopholis margaretae is ovoviviparous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Fenner, A.; McDonald, P.; Chapple, D.G.; Hutchinson, M.; Cogger, H. (2018). "Liopholis margaretae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109478464A109478481. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109478464A109478481.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Liopholis margaretae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 January 2020.
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Egernia margaretae, p. 168).
- ^ Wilson, S.; Swan, G. (2023). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Sixth Edition. Sydney: Reed New Holland Publishers. ISBN 978-1-92554-671-2. 688 pp. (Central Ranges Rock Skink Liopholis margaretae, pp. 396–397).
Further reading
[edit]- Chapple, D.G.; Keogh, J.S.; Hutchinson, M.N. (2005). "Substantial genetic substructuring in southeastern and alpine Australia revealed by molecular phylogeography of the Egernia whitii (Lacertilia: Scincidae) species group". Molecular Ecology. 15 (4): 1279–1292. (Egernia margaretae).
- Chapple, David G.; Hutchinson, Mark N.; Maryan, Brad; Plivelich, Mike; Moore, Jennifer A.; Keogh, J. Scott (2008). "Evolution and maintenance of colour pattern polymorphism in Liopholis (Squamata: Scincidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 56 (2): 103–115. (Liopholis margaretae, new combination).
- Cogger, H.G. (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 978-0643100350. (Liopholis margaretae, p. 638).
- Storr, G.M. (1968). "Revision of the Egernia whitei [sic] species-group (Lacertilia, Scincidae)". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 51 (2): 51–62. (Egernia margaretae, new species, p. 53).
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