Pseudemoia Explained

Pseudemoia is a genus of skinks native to southeastern Australia. For similar skinks see genera Bassiana, Lampropholis, and Niveoscincus.

Reproduction

At least in P. entrecasteauxii, P. pagenstecheri, and P. spenceri, a placenta-like structure is formed during pregnancy to pass nutrients to the developing offspring.^[1] Similar mammal-like adaptations also occur in the skink genera Chalcides, Eumecia, Mabuya, Niveoscincus, and Trachylepis.^[2]

Species

Six species are recognized.^{[3] [4]}

• Pseudemoia baudini – Baudin's skink,^[5] Bight Coast skink
• Pseudemoia cryodroma – alpine bog skink
• Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii – southern grass skink, tussock cool-skink, tussock skink, Entrecasteaux's skink
• Pseudemoia pagenstecheri – southern grass tussock skink, southern tussock grass skink
• Pseudemoia rawlinsoni – Rawlinson's window-eyed skink
• Pseudemoia spenceri – trunk-climbing cool-skink

Further reading

• Fuhn IE (1967). "Pseudemoia, eine neue monotypische Gattung aus Südostaustralien (Ablepharus/Emoa/spenceri Lucas und Frost, 1894) [= ''Pseudemoia'', a new monotypic genus from southeastern Australia (''Ablepharus/Emoa/spenceri'' Lucas and Frost, 1894)". ''Zoologischer Anzeiger'' '''179''': 243–247. (''Pseudemoia'', new genus). (in German). *[[Mark Norman Hutchinson|Hutchinson MN]], Donnellan SC (1992). "Taxonomy and genetic variation in the Australian lizards of the genus Pseudemoia (Scincidae: Lygosominae)". Journal of Natural History 26 (1): 215–264.

Notes and References

1. Thompson MB, Stewart JR, Speake BK (2000). "Comparison of nutrient transport across the placenta of lizards differing in placental complexity". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 127 (4): 469-479.
2. Van Dyke JU, Brandley MC, Thompson MB (2014). "The evolution of viviparity: molecular and genomic data from squamate reptiles advance understanding of live birth in amniotes". Reproduction 147 (1): R15-R26. .
3. Wilson S, Swan G (2003). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Second edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishing. 512 pp. .
4. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/search.php?submit=Search&exact=genus&genus=Pseudemoia Pseudemoia
5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Pseudemoia baudini, p. 19).