Pseudemoia cryodroma, also known commonly as the alpine bog skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Victoria in Australia.[2]
Pseudemoia cryodroma | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Pseudemoia |
Species: | P. cryodroma
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Binomial name | |
Pseudemoia cryodroma Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1992
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Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of P. cryodroma are freshwater wetlands, grassland, shrubland, and forest, at altitudes of at least 1,100 m (3,600 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editP. cryodroma is viviparous.[2]
Hybridization
editP. cryodroma is known to hybridize with two other species in its genus, P. entrecasteauxii and P. pagenstecheri.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Clemann, N.; Hutchinson, M.; Melville, J.; Gillespie, G.; Robertson, P.; Michael, D.; Chapple, D.G. (2018). "Pseudemoia cryodroma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109480937A109480945. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109480937A109480945.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Pseudemoia cryodroma at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
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.
- 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. (Pseudemoia cryodroma, new species, p. 245).
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.