The major skink (Bellatorias frerei) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to part of Australia and part of Australasia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Bellatorias |
| Species: | B. frerei
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| Binomial name | |
| Bellatorias frerei (Günther, 1897)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, frerei, refers to Mount Bartle Frere where the holotype was collected.[2][3]
Geographic range
editB. frerei is found in Australia in the states of Queensland and New South Wales, and in Papua New Guinea.[1][2]
Habitat
editB. frerei is found in a variety of habitats including forest, savanna, grassland, rocky areas, and suburban areas.[1]
Description
editThe holotype of B. frerei has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9.3 cm (3.7 in), plus a tail length of 14 cm (5.5 in).[4]
Behavior
editB. frerei is terrestrial and diurnal, basking to thermoregulate, and living socially in small colonies.[1]
Diet
editB. frerei is omnivorous.[1]
Reproduction
editB. frerei is ovoviviparous.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Shea G; Allison A; Tallowin O; Vanderduys E; Venz M; Wilson S; Hobson R (2018). "Bellatorias frerei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T42483725A42483732. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42483725A42483732.en. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d Bellatorias frerei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 January 2019.
- ^ 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 frerei, p. 94).
- ^ Günther A (1897).
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.
- Gardner MG, Hugall AF, Donnellan SC, Hutchinson MN, Foster R (2008). "Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the Egernia group (Reptilia: Scincidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154 (4): 781–794. (Bellatorias frerei, new combination).
- Günther A (1897). "Descriptions of New Species of Lizards and of a Tree-Frog from N.E. Queensland". Novitates Zoologicae, Tring Museum 4: 403–406 + Plates XI–XII. (Egernia frerei, new species, pp. 405–406, no illustration).
- 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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