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Carinascincus palfreymani (Pedra Branca Cool-skink, Red-Throated Skink)

Synonyms: Niveoscincus palfreymani; Pseudemoia palfreymani

Wikipedia Abstract

Niveoscincus palfreymani, known commonly as Palfreyman's window-eyed skink, the Pedra Branca cool-skink, the Pedra Branca skink, or the red-throated skink, is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia, and is restricted to the windswept Pedra Branca, an island off southern Tasmania of only 2.5 ha (6.2 acres), where it is dependent on the seabird colonies. It is the only lizard species found on the island.
View Wikipedia Record: Carinascincus palfreymani

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Carinascincus palfreymani

Attributes

Habitat Substrate [1]  Fossorial, Terrestrial
Reproductive Mode [1]  Viviparous

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Tasmanian temperate rain forests Australia Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Southwest National Park II 1531400 Tasmania, Australia

Prey / Diet

Amaurobioides maritima[2]
Deto marina[2]
Ligia australiensis[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Meiri, 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
2The feeding ecology and field energetics of the Pedra Branca skink (Niveoscincus palfreymani), Nigel Brothers, Alan Wiltshire, David Pemberton, Nick Mooney and Brian Green, Wildlife Research, 2003, 30, 81–87
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