Satinay sand skink

Satinay sand skink
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Coggeria
Couper, Covacevich, Marsterson & Shea, 1996
Species:
C. naufragus
Binomial name
Coggeria naufragus
Couper, Covacevich, Marsterson & Shea, 1996

The Satinay sand skink (Coggeria naufragus), also known commonly as the Fraser Island sand skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Australia.

Taxonomy

C. naufragus is the type species of the monotypic genus Coggeria.

Etymology

The generic name, Coggeria, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold Cogger.

The specific name, naufragus, means "shipwrecked" or "castaway" in Latin.

Geographic range

C. naufragus is endemic to Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. naufragus is forest.

Description

C. naufragus has an elongated body and very small legs. There are three digits on each front foot, and three digits on each hind foot.

Behavior

C. naufragus is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of C. naufragus is unknown.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hobson, R.; Shea, G.; Wilson, S.; Venz, M.; Sanderson, C.; Vanderduys, E. (2018). "Coggeria naufragus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T102967418A102967426. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102967418A102967426.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Species Coggeria naufragus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  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. (Coggeria, p. 56).

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