Carinascincus coventryi explained

Carinascincus coventryi, also known commonly as Coventry's window-eyed skink and the southern forest cool-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, coventryi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Albert John Coventry.^[1]

Geographic range

C. coventryi is found in the Australian states of Victoria and southern New South Wales.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. coventryi is forest, at altitudes of 600m–1500mm (2,000feet–4,900feetm).

Description

C. coventryi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5cm (02inches), with a long tail which is about one and a third times SVL.^[2]

Behavior

C. coventryi is terrestrial.

Reproduction

C. coventryi is viviparous.

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . (Carinascincus coventryi, p. 426).
• Rawlinson PA (1975). "Two new lizard species from the genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae: Lygosominae) in southeastern Australia and Tasmania". Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 36: 1–15 + Plates 1–2. (Leiolopisma coventryi, new species, pp. 2–4, Figure 1 + Plate 1, figure 1 & Plate 3, figure a).
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. . (Niveoscincus coventryi).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]
2. [species:Peter Alan Rawlinson|Rawlinson PA]