Lygisaurus macfarlani

The translucent litter-skink (Lygisaurus macfarlani) is a species of skink found in Queensland in Australia and Papua New Guinea.[2]

Lygisaurus macfarlani

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lygisaurus
Species:
L. macfarlani
Binomial name
Lygisaurus macfarlani
(Günther, 1877)

The specific name, macfarlani, is in honor of English Missionary Samuel Macfarlane (1837–1911).[3]

References

  1. Shea, G., Allison, A., Tallowin, O., Couper, P., Hoskin, C. & Amey, A. 2018. Lygisaurus macfarlani . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T42483359A42483367. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42483359A42483367.en. Downloaded on 15 March 2020.
  2. Lygisaurus macfarlani 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. (Lygisaurus macfarlani, p. 164; Lygisaurus tanneri, p. 260).
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