Concinnia frerei
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Concinnia |
| Species: | C. frerei
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| Binomial name | |
| Concinnia frerei (Greer, 1992)
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Concinnia frerei, also known commonly as the stout bar-sided skink or the stout barsided skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, frerei, refers to Mount Bartle Frere where the holotype was collected.[2][3]
Geographic range
[edit]C. frerei is found in northeastern Queensland.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of C. frerei is rocky mountaintops, at altitudes of 1,210–1,622 m (3,970–5,322 ft).[1]
Description
[edit]C. frerei has five digits on each of its four feet.[2] The holotype, an adult male, has a snout-to-vent length of 6.6 cm (2.6 in), plus a tail length of 8.2 cm (3.2 in).[4]
Reproduction
[edit]C. frerei is ovoviviparous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hoskin, C.; Shea, G. (2018). "Concinnia frerei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109452204A109452214. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109452204A109452214.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Concinnia frerei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
- ^ 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 frerei, p. 94).
- ^ Greer AE (1992).
Further reading
[edit]- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Greer AE (1992). "Revision of the Species Previously Associated with the Australian Scincid Lizard Eulamprus tenuis ". Records of the Australian Museum 44 (1): 7–19. (Eulamprus frerei, new species, pp. 16–18, Figures 10–11).
- Skinner A, Hutchinson MN, Lee MSY (2013). "Phylogeny and Divergence Times of Australian Sphenomorphus Group Skinks (Scincidae, Squamata)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69 (3): 906–918. (Concinnia frerei, new combination).
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.