Praeteropus gowi explained

Praeteropus gowi, also known commonly as Gow's burrowing skink and the speckled worm-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, gowi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Graeme Francis Gow.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. gowi are forest and shrubland.

Description

P. gowi is limbless. It has scaly, movable eyelids. It does not have external ear openings.

Reproduction

P. gowi is oviparous.

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . (Anomalopus gowi).
• 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 gowi, new species, p. 25).
• Hutchinson MN, Couper P, Amey A, Wilmer JW (2021). "Diversity and Systematics of Limbless Skinks (Anomalopus) from Eastern Australia and the Skeletal Changes that Accompany the Substrate Swimming Body Form". Journal of Herpetology 55 (4): 361–384. (Praeteropus gowi, new combination).
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. . (Anomalopus gowi).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]