Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis

Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Glaphyromorphus
Species:
G. darwiniensis
Binomial name
Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis
(Storr, 1967)
Synonyms[2]
  • Sphenomorphus crassicaudus darwiniensis
    Storr, 1967
  • Sphenomorphus darwiniensis
    — Greer, 1990
  • Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis
    — Cogger, 2000

Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis, also known commonly as Darwin's ground skink and the northern mulch-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, darwiniensis, refers to the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.[3]

Geographic range

G. darwiniensis is found in Northern Territory and Western Australia.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. darwiniensis is forest.[1]

Behavior

G. darwiniensis is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]

Reproduction

G. darwiniensis is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Cogger, H.; McDonald, P.; Greenlees, M.; Fenner, A. (2018). "Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T42484682A42484690. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42484682A42484690.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
  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. (Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis, p. 65).

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Greer AE (1990). "Notes on reproduction in the skink Sphenomorphus darwiniensis ". Northern Territory Naturalist 12: 27–28. (Sphenomorphus darwiniensis, new taxonomic status).
  • Storr GM (1967). "The genus Sphenomorphus (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Western Australia and the Northern Territory". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 50 (1): 10–20. (Sphenomorphus crassicaudus darwiniensis, new subspecies, p. 19).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.