Concinnia frerei explained

Concinnia frerei, also known commonly as the stout bar-sided skink or the stout barsided skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, frerei, refers to Mount Bartle Frere where the holotype was collected.^[1]

Geographic range

C. frerei is found in northeastern Queensland.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. frerei is rocky mountaintops, at altitudes of .

Description

C. frerei has five digits on each of its four feet. The holotype, an adult male, has a snout-to-vent length of, plus a tail length of .^[2]

Reproduction

C. frerei is ovoviviparous.

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. .
• Greer AE (1992). "Revision of the Species Previously Associated with the Australian Scincid Lizard Eulamprus tenuis ". Records of the Australian Museum 44 (1): 7–19. (Eulamprus frerei, new species, pp. 16–18, Figures 10–11).
• Skinner A, Hutchinson MN, Lee MSY (2013). "Phylogeny and Divergence Times of Australian Sphenomorphus Group Skinks (Scincidae, Squamata)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69 (3): 906–918. (Concinnia frerei, new combination).
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]
2. [species:Allen Eddy Greer|Greer AE]