Silvascincus murrayi

The blue-speckled forest-skink (Silvascincus murrayi) is a species of skink found in Queensland and New South Wales in Australia.[2]

Silvascincus murrayi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Silvascincus
Species:
S. murrayi
Binomial name
Silvascincus murrayi
(Boulenger, 1887)

Etymology

The specific name, murrayi, is in honor of Canadian oceanographer, John Murray.[3]

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References

  1. Shea, G., Greenlees, M., Wilson, S., Hobson, R. & Sanderson, C. 2018. Eulamprus murrayi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109481361A109481372. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109481361A109481372.en. Downloaded on 12 July 2020.
  2. Silvascincus murrayi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
  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. (Eulamprus murrayi, p. 185; Eulamprus tryoni, p. 268).
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