Morethia storri

The top end firetail skink (Morethia storri) is a species of skink found in Northern Territory and Western Australia.[2]

Morethia storri

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Morethia
Species:
M. storri
Binomial name
Morethia storri
Greer, 1981

Etymology

The specific name, storri, is in honor of herpetologist Glen Milton Storr.[3]

References

  1. Shea, G. 2017. Morethia storri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T109480432A109480438. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109480432A109480438.en. Downloaded on 17 March 2020.
  2. Morethia storri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
  3. 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. Morethia storri, p. 256).
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