Pseudemoia cryodroma
Pseudemoia cryodroma, also known commonly as the alpine bog skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Victoria in Australia.[2]
| Pseudemoia cryodroma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Pseudemoia |
| Species: | P. cryodroma |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudemoia cryodroma Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1992 | |
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of P. cryodroma are freshwater wetlands, grassland, shrubland, and forest, at altitudes of at least 1,100 m (3,600 ft).[1]
Reproduction
P. cryodroma is viviparous.[2]
Hybridization
P. cryodroma is known to hybridize with two other species in its genus, P. entrecasteauxii and P. pagenstecheri.[2]
References
- Clemann N, Hutchinson M, Melville J, Gillespie G, Robertson P, Michael D, Chapple DG (2018). "Pseudemoia cryodroma". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109480937A109480945. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109480937A109480945.en. Downloaded on 28 March 2020
- Pseudemoia cryodroma at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
Further reading
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Hutchinson MN, Donnellan SC (1992). "Taxonomy and genetic variation in the Australian lizards of the genus Pseudemoia (Scincidae: Lygosominae)". Journal of Natural History 26 (1): 215–264. (Pseudemoia cryodroma, new species, p. 245).
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
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