Eastern three-lined skink

Eastern three-lined skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Bassiana
Species: B. duperreyi
Binomial name
Bassiana duperreyi
(Gray, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tiliqua duperreyi
    Gray, 1838
  • Lygosoma duperreyii
    — Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Eulepis duperreyi
    — Fitzinger, 1843
  • Leiolopisma duperreyi
    — Greer, 1982
  • Leiolopisma trilineatum
    Greer, 1982
  • Acritoscincus duperreyi
    — Wells & Wellington, 1984
  • Acritoscincus buddeni
    Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Bassiana duperreyi
    — Hutchinson et al., 1990
  • Pseudemoia duperreyi
    — Frank & Ramus, 1995
  • Bassiana duperreyi
    — Cogger, 2000

The eastern three-lined skink (Bassiana duperreyi ), also known as the bold-striped cool-skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Geographic range

B. duperreyi is found in south-eastern Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria),[1] and several islands.

Description

B. duperreyi is strongly striped.[2][3]

Reproduction

B. duperreyi is oviparous.[2][3]

Habitat

B. duperreyi is usually found in coastal heaths and warm, sunny areas.[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, duperreyi, is in honor of French naval officer Louis Isidore Duperrey.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Bassiana duperreyi. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 1 2 3 Wildlife of Tasmania – Eastern Three-lined Skink
  3. 1 2 3 Cogger HG (1979). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Sydney: Reed. ISBN 0-589-50108-9
  4. ↑ 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. (Bassiana duperreyi, p. 78).

Further reading

  • Gray JE (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [First Series ] 2: 287-293. (Tiliqua duperreyi, new species, p. 292).


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