Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis, also known commonly as Darwin's ground skink and the northern mulch-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Glaphyromorphus |
| Species: | G. darwiniensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis (Storr, 1967)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, darwiniensis, refers to the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.[3]
Geographic range
editG. darwiniensis is found in Northern Territory and Western Australia.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of G. darwiniensis is forest.[1]
Behavior
editG. darwiniensis is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Cogger, H.; McDonald, P.; Greenlees, M.; Fenner, A. (2018). "Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T42484682A42484690. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42484682A42484690.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
- ^ 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. (Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis, p. 65).
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.
- Greer AE (1990). "Notes on reproduction in the skink Sphenomorphus darwiniensis ". Northern Territory Naturalist 12: 27–28. (Sphenomorphus darwiniensis, new taxonomic status).
- Storr GM (1967). "The genus Sphenomorphus (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Western Australia and the Northern Territory". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 50 (1): 10–20. (Sphenomorphus crassicaudus darwiniensis, new subspecies, p. 19).
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.