Pseudemoia

Pseudemoia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Pseudemoia
Fuhn, 1967[1]
Species

6, see text

Pseudemoia is a genus of skinks native to southeastern Australia. For similar skinks see genera Bassiana, Lampropholis, and Niveoscincus.

Reproduction

At least in P. entrecasteauxii, P. pagenstecheri, and P. spenceri, a placenta-like structure is formed during pregnancy to pass nutrients to the developing offspring.[2] Similar mammal-like adaptations also occur in the skink genera Chalcides, Eumecia, Mabuya, Niveoscincus, and Trachylepis.[3]

Species

Six species are recognized.[4][5]

  • Pseudemoia baudini (Greer, 1982) – Great Bight cool-skink, Baudin’s skink,[6] Bight Coast skink
  • Pseudemoia cryodroma Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1992 – alpine bog skink
  • Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – southern grass skink, tussock cool-skink, tussock skink, Entrecasteaux's skink
  • Pseudemoia pagenstecheri (Lindholm, 1901) – southern grass tussock skink, southern tussock grass skink
  • Pseudemoia rawlinsoni (Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1988) – Rawlinson's window-eyed skink, glossy grass skink
  • Pseudemoia spenceri (Lucas & Frost, 1894) – trunk-climbing cool-skink

References

  1. ↑ "Pseudemoia ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
  2. ↑ Thompson MB, Stewart JR (2000). "Comparison of nutrient transport across the placenta of lizards differing in placental complexity". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 127 (4): 469-479.
  3. ↑ Van Dyke JU, Brandley MC, Thompson MB (2014). "The evolution of viviparity: molecular and genomic data from squamate reptiles advance understanding of live birth in amniotes". Reproduction 147 (1): R15-R26. doi: 10.1530/REP-13-0309
  4. ↑ Wilson S, Swan G (2003). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Second edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishing. 512 pp. ISBN 1877069469.
  5. ↑ Pseudemoia. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  6. ↑ 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. (Pseudemoia baudini, p. 19).


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