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Anomalopus verreauxii

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Anomalopus verreauxii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Anomalopus
Species:
A. verreauxii
Binomial name
Anomalopus verreauxii
Synonyms[2]
  • Anomalopus verreauxii
    A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851
  • Siaphus simplex
    Cope, 1864
  • Anomalopus godeffroyi
    W. Peters, 1867
  • Chelomeles pseudopus
    Günther, 1873
  • Lygosoma verreauxi
    M.A. Smith, 1937
  • Anomalopus verreauxii
    Cogger, 1983

Anomalopus verreauxii, also known commonly as the three-clawed worm-skink or Verreaux's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

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The specific name, verreauxii (masculine, genitive, singular), is in honor of one of the Verreaux brothers, Édouard Verreaux and Jules Verreaux, who were French naturalists and taxidermists.[3]

Geographic range

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A. verreauxii is found in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia.[2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of A. verreauxii is forest.[1]

Description

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A. verreauxii has three clawed toes on the front leg, and it has no toes on the back leg.[4]

Reproduction

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A. verreauxii is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Vanderduys E, Venz M, Wilson S, Hobson R, Sanderson C (2018). "Anomalopus verreauxii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102965565A102965638. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102965565A102965638.en. Downloaded on 30 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Anomalopus verreauxii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anomolopus verreauxii, p. 274).
  4. ^ Greer & Cogger (1985).

Further reading

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  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Duméril AMC, Duméril AHA (1851). Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptile du Muséum d'Histoire Naurelle de Paris. Paris: Gide et Baudry / Roret. 224 pp. (Anomalopus verreauxii, new species, p. 185). (in French).
  • Greer AE, Cogger HG (1985). "Systematics of the reduce-limbed and limbless skinks currently assigned to the genus Anomalopus (Lacertilia: Scincidae)". Records of the Australian Museum 37 (1): 11–54. (Anomalopus verreauxii, pp. 16–19, Figures 4–5)
  • Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.