Morethia butleri

The woodland Morethia skink (Morethia butleri) is a species of skink found in South Australia and Western Australia.[2]

Morethia butleri

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Morethia
Species:
M. butleri
Binomial name
Morethia butleri
(Storr, 1963)

Etymology

The specific name, butleri is in honor of naturalist William Henry "Harry" Butler.[3]

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References

  1. Cowan, M., Ford, S., Gaikhorst, G. & How, R. 2017. Morethia butleri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T109480344A109480353. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109480344A109480353.en. Downloaded on 17 March 2020.
  2. Morethia butleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Morethia butleri, p. 44; Morethia storri, p. 256).
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