Eremiascincus brongersmai

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Eremiascincus brongersmai

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Eremiascincus
Species:
E. brongersmai
Binomial name
Eremiascincus brongersmai
(Storr, 1972)
Synonyms[2]
  • Sphenomorphus brongersmai
    Storr, 1972
  • Glaphyromorphus brongersmai
    Cogger, 2000
  • Eremiascincus brongersmai
    Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2009

Eremiascincus brongersmai, also known

Scincidae. The species is endemic to the state of Western Australia.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, brongersmai, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Leo Brongersma.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of E. brongersmai are rocky areas, shrubland, savanna, and forest.[1]

Description

E. brongersmai has fully developed limbs, with five digits on each front foot and five digits on each hind foot.[2]

Reproduction

E. brongersmai is oviparous.[2]

References

Further reading

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  • Mecke S, Doughty P, Donnellan SC (2009). "A new species of Eremiascincus (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from the Great Sandy Desert and Pilbara Coast, Western Australia and reassignment of eight species from Glaphyromorphus to Eremiascincus ". Zootaxa 2246: 1–20. (Eremiascincus brongersmai, new combination, p. 8). (in English, with an abstract in German).
  • Storr GM (1972). "Revisionary notes on the Sphenomorphus isolepis complex (Lacertilia, Scincidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen 47: 1–5. (Sphenomorphus brongersmai, new species).
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