Lygisaurus tanneri
The Endeavour River litter-skink (Lygisaurus tanneri) is a species of skink found in Queensland in Australia.[2]
| Lygisaurus tanneri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Lygisaurus |
| Species: | L. tanneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Lygisaurus tanneri Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 | |
The specific name, tanneri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Charles Tanner (1911–1996).[3]
References
- Couper, P., Hoskin, C. & Amey, A. 2018. Lygisaurus tanneri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T47155189A47155211. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T47155189A47155211.en. Downloaded on 15 March 2020.
- Lygisaurus tanneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
- 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. (Lygisaurus macfarlani, p. 164; Lygisaurus tanneri, p. 260).
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