Pseudemoia spenceri, also known commonly as Spencer's widow-eyed skink or the trunk-climbing cool-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. spenceri
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Etymology
editThe specific name, spenceri, is in honour of English-Australian biologist Walter Baldwin Spencer.[3]
Geographic range
editP. spenceri is found in southeastern Australia, in the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of P. spenceri are forest and rocky areas.[1]
Reproduction
editP. spenceri is viviparous.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Shea, G.; Clemann, N.; Hutchinson, M.; Chapple, D. (2018). "Pseudemoia spenceri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109481007A109481026. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109481007A109481026.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Species Pseudemoia spenceri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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 spenceri, p. 250).
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.
- Kinghorn JR (1929). "A New Species of Lygosoma from New South Wales" Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 54: 32–33. {Lygosoma (Liolepisma) weekesae, new species}.
- Lucas AHS, Frost C (1894). "The Lizards indigenous to Victoria". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Australia, New Series 6: 24–92 + Plate II. {Lygosoma (Emoa) spenceri, new species, pp. 81–82 + Plate II, figures 1, 1a}.
- 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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