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Stout barsided skink |
Orpheus Island, Queensland Photo © Stewart Macdonald |
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Eulamprus sokosoma | ||||||
Pronunciation | you-LAM-pruss SOKE-oh-SOH-mah | |||||
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Etymology |
Eulamprus: 'good-beautiful'1
sokosoma: "From the Greek for stout (sokos) and body (soma) and alluding to the characteristically robust body of the species."2 |
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Description | Distribution | Natural history | Conservation | Further information | More photos |
DescriptionUpper secondary temporal overlaps lower; transversely enlarged nuchal scales total 2-8, mode 4; subdigital lamellae (fourth toe) 19-23; nuchal area without dark midline streak; midbody scale rows 32-38.2 Similar speciesNorthern barsided skink (Eulamprus brachysoma) - has 28-32 midbody scales. Taxonomic notes
This species was described by Greer in 1992.2
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