Eastern three-lined skink

The eastern three-lined skink (Acritoscincus duperreyi ), also known as the bold-striped cool-skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Eastern three-lined skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Acritoscincus
Species:
A. duperreyi
Binomial name
Acritoscincus duperreyi
(Gray, 1838)
Synonyms[2]
  • Tiliqua duperreyi
    Gray, 1838
  • Lygosoma duperreyii
    — Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Eulepis duperreyi
    — Fitzinger, 1843
  • Leiolopisma duperreyi
    — Greer, 1982
  • Leiolopisma trilineatum
    Greer, 1982
  • Acritoscincus duperreyi
    — Wells & Wellington, 1984
  • Acritoscincus buddeni
    Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Bassiana duperreyi
    — Hutchinson et al., 1990
  • Pseudemoia duperreyi
    — Frank & Ramus, 1995
  • Bassiana duperreyi
    — Cogger, 2000

Geographic range

A. duperreyi is found in south-eastern Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria),[2] and several islands.

Description

A. duperreyi is strongly striped.[3][4]

Reproduction

A. duperreyi is oviparous.[3][4]

Habitat

A. duperreyi is usually found in coastal heaths and warm, sunny areas.[3][4]

Etymology

The specific name, duperreyi, is in honor of French naval officer Louis Isidore Duperrey.[5]

References
  1. Shea, G., Cogger, H. & Greenlees, M. 2018. Acritoscincus duperreyi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102964863A102964878. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102964863A102964878.en. Downloaded on 24 April 2019.
  2. Acritoscincus duperreyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 April 2019.
  3. Wildlife of Tasmania – Eastern Three-lined Skink
  4. Cogger HG (1979). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Sydney: Reed. ISBN 0-589-50108-9
  5. 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. (Bassiana duperreyi, p. 78).

Further reading
  • Gray JE (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [First Series ] 2: 287–293. (Tiliqua duperreyi, new species, p. 292).
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