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Liopholis kintorei (Great Desert-skink, Kintore’s Egernia; Great Desert-skink, Kintore’s Egernia)

Synonyms: Egernia dahlii; Egernia kintorei

Wikipedia Abstract

The great desert skink (Liopholis kintorei ) is a species of skink in the genus Liopholis native to the western half of Australia. They are burrowing lizards and extremely social.
View Wikipedia Record: Liopholis kintorei

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Liopholis kintorei

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  181 grams
Birth Weight [1]  9 grams
Female Weight [1]  181 grams
Habitat Substrate [2]  Fossorial, Terrestrial
Litter Size [1]  6
Litters / Year [1]  1
Reproductive Mode [2]  Viviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  7 inches (19 cm)

Ecoregions

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Johnpearsonia egerniae <Unverified Name>[3]
Pharyngodon tiliquae[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0