- Source: Pseudemoia
Pseudemoia is a genus of skinks native to southeastern Australia. For similar skinks see genera Bassiana, Lampropholis, and Niveoscincus.
Reproduction
At least in P. entrecasteauxii, P. pagenstecheri, and P. spenceri, a placenta-like structure is formed during pregnancy to pass nutrients to the developing offspring. Similar mammal-like adaptations also occur in the skink genera Chalcides, Eumecia, Mabuya, Niveoscincus, and Trachylepis.
Species
Six species are recognized.
Pseudemoia baudini (Greer, 1982) – Baudin's skink, Bight Coast skink
Pseudemoia cryodroma Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1992 – alpine bog skink
Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – southern grass skink, tussock cool-skink, tussock skink, Entrecasteaux's skink
Pseudemoia pagenstecheri (Lindholm, 1901) – southern grass tussock skink, southern tussock grass skink
Pseudemoia rawlinsoni (Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1988) – Rawlinson's window-eyed skink
Pseudemoia spenceri (Lucas & Frost, 1894) – trunk-climbing cool-skink
References
Further reading
Fuhn IE (1967). "Pseudemoia, eine neue monotypische Gattung aus Südostaustralien (Ablepharus/Emoa/spenceri Lucas und Frost, 1894) [= Pseudemoia, a new monotypic genus from southeastern Australia (Ablepharus/Emoa/spenceri Lucas and Frost, 1894)". Zoologischer Anzeiger 179: 243–247. (Pseudemoia, new genus). (in German).
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.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Cara reproduksi
- Mengkarung
- Pseudemoia
- Pseudemoia spenceri
- Pseudemoia pagenstecheri
- Pseudemoia baudini
- Viviparity
- Pseudemoia rawlinsoni
- Pseudemoia cryodroma
- Placentation
- Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii
- Lampropholis
