Saproscincus challengeri
The orange-tailed shadeskink, Border Ranges shadeskink, or Challenger's skink (Saproscincus challengeri) is a species of skink found in New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.[2] George Albert Boulenger, herpetologist at the Natural History Museum, named the skink after the Challenger expedition in 1887.[3]
| Saproscincus challengeri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Saproscincus |
| Species: | S. challengeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Saproscincus challengeri (Boulenger, 1887) | |
References
- Shea, G.; Wilson, S.; Sanderson, C.; Hobson, R. (2018). "Saproscincus challengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109481194A109481212. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109481194A109481212.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Saproscincus challengeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). "Challenger". The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 51. ISBN 9781421401355.
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