- Source: Eulamprus kosciuskoi
Eulamprus kosciuskoi, also known commonly as the alpine meadow-skink and the alpine water skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to eastern Australia.
Etymology
The specific name, kosciuskoi, refers to Mount Kosciuszko, Australia's highest mountain, where the holotype was collected.
Description
E. kosciuskoi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8.5 cm (3.3 in). It has a narrow black vertebral stripe and yellow dorsolateral stripes.
Geographic range
E. kosciuskoi is found in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of E. kosciuskoi are forest, shrubland, grassland, and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes above 1,000 m (3,300 ft).
Reproduction
E. kosciuskoi is ovoviviparous.
References
Further reading
Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
Done, Barbara Saylor; Heatwole, Harold (1977). "Social Behavior of Some Australian Skinks". Copeia 1977 (3): 419–430. (Sphenomorphus kosciuskoi, new combination).
Hutchinson MN, Rawlinson PA (1995). "The water skinks (Lacertilia: Eulamprus) of Victoria and South Australia". Records of the South Australian Museum 28 (2): 185–207.
Kinghorn JR (1932). "Herpetological notes. No. 4". Records of the Australian Museum 18 (2): 335–363. (Lygosoma quoyi kosciuskoi, new subspecies, p. 359).
