Anomalopus verreauxii explained

Anomalopus verreauxii, also known commonly as the three-clawed worm-skink or Verreaux's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, verreauxii (masculine, genitive, singular), is in honor of one of the Verreaux brothers, Édouard Verreaux and Jules Verreaux, who were French naturalists and taxidermists.^[1]

Geographic range

A. verreauxii is found in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. verreauxii is forest.

Description

A. verreauxii has three clawed toes on the front leg, and it has no toes on the back leg.^[2]

Reproduction

A. verreauxii is oviparous.

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033pp. .
• Duméril AMC, Duméril AHA (1851). Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptile du Muséum d'Histoire Naurelle de Paris. Paris: Gide et Baudry / Roret. 224 pp. (Anomalopus verreauxii, new species, p. 185). (in French).
• Greer AE, Cogger HG (1985). "Systematics of the reduce-limbed and limbless skinks currently assigned to the genus Anomalopus (Lacertilia: Scincidae)". Records of the Australian Museum 37 (1): 11–54. (Anomalopus verreauxii, pp. 16–19, Figures 4–5)
• Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .

Notes and References

1. [Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]
2. [:fr:Allen Eddy Greer|Greer]