Pseudemoia baudini, also known commonly as Baudin's skink, Baudin's window-eyed skink, and the Bight Coast 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: | Pseudemoia |
| Species: | P. baudini
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudemoia baudini (Greer, 1982)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, baudini, is in honor of French explorer Nicolas Baudin.[3]
Geographic range
editP. baudini is found in the Australian states of South Australia and Western Australia.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of P. baudini is shrubland.[1]
Description
editP. baudini has paired frontoparietal scales.[2]
Reproduction
editP. baudini is viviparous.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Shea, G.; Cogger, H. (2017). "Pseudemoia baudini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T178365A101745926. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178365A101745926.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Pseudemoia baudini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudemoia baudini, p. 19).
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 (1982). "A new species of Leiolopisma (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western Australia, with notes on the biology and relationships of other Australian species". Records of the Australian Museum 34 (12): 549–573. (Leiolopisma baudini, new species, pp. 550–557, Figures 1–3).
- Hutchinson MN, Donnellan SC (1992). "Taxonomy and genetic variation in the Australian lizards of the genus Pseudemoia (Scincidae: Lygosominae)". Journal of Natural History 26 (1): 215–264.
- Storr GM, Smith LA, Johnstone RE (1999). Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Revised Edition. Perth: Western Australian Museum. xvi + 291 pp., 36 color plates. ISBN 978-0730726562.
- 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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