Eastern three-lined skink

The eastern three-lined skink (Acritoscincus duperreyi ), also known as the bold-striped cool-skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Eastern three-lined skink
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Acritoscincus
Species:	A. duperreyi
Binomial name
Acritoscincus duperreyi (Gray, 1838)
Synonyms[2]
Tiliqua duperreyi Gray, 1838 Lygosoma duperreyii — Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Eulepis duperreyi — Fitzinger, 1843 Leiolopisma duperreyi — Greer, 1982 Leiolopisma trilineatum Greer, 1982 Acritoscincus duperreyi — Wells & Wellington, 1984 Acritoscincus buddeni Wells & Wellington, 1985 Bassiana duperreyi — Hutchinson et al., 1990 Pseudemoia duperreyi — Frank & Ramus, 1995 Bassiana duperreyi — Cogger, 2000

Geographic range

A. duperreyi is found in south-eastern Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria),[2] and several islands.

Description

A. duperreyi is strongly striped.[3][4]

Reproduction

A. duperreyi is oviparous.[3][4]

Habitat

A. duperreyi is usually found in coastal heaths and warm, sunny areas.[3][4]

Etymology

The specific name, duperreyi, is in honor of French naval officer Louis Isidore Duperrey.[5]

References

1. Shea, G., Cogger, H. & Greenlees, M. 2018. Acritoscincus duperreyi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102964863A102964878. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102964863A102964878.en. Downloaded on 24 April 2019.
2. Acritoscincus duperreyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 April 2019.
3. Wildlife of Tasmania – Eastern Three-lined Skink
4. Cogger HG (1979). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Sydney: Reed. ISBN 0-589-50108-9
5. 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. (Bassiana duperreyi, p. 78).

Further reading

• Gray JE (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [First Series ] 2: 287–293. (Tiliqua duperreyi, new species, p. 292).