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Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii (Tussock Cool-skink, Tussock Skink, Entrecasteaux's Skink)

Synonyms: Lygosoma entrecasteauxii; Mocoa pseudocarinata (heterotypic); Scincus undecimstriatus (heterotypic); Tiliqua entrecasteaux

Wikipedia Abstract

The southern grass skink (Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii ) is a species of skink endemic to Australia, where it is found in the south-east of the continent, as well as in Tasmania and the islands of Bass Strait. Although it occurs in a variety of habitats, it is most commonly found in open grassy woodlands. Southern grass skinks have a lifespan of about 5 or 6 years. They grow up to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) in length (not including the tail). Male skinks change colouration during the breeding season.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  4 grams
Habitat Substrate [2]  Terrestrial
Litter Size [3]  4
Litters / Year [3]  1
Reproductive Mode [2]  Ovoviviparous
Snout to Vent Length [3]  2.362 inches (6 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Coorong National Park II 121235 South Australia, Australia
Grampians National Park II 416373 Victoria, Australia
Kosciuszko National Park II 1705480 New South Wales, Australia
Lavinia Nature Reserve State Reserve II 17390 Tasmania, Australia    

Predators

Austrelaps labialis (Pygmy Copperhead)[4]
Austrelaps ramsayi (Highlands Copperhead)[4]
Austrelaps superbus (Lowlands Copperhead, Copperhead Snake)[4]
Suta dwyeri (Variable Black-naped Snake)[5]
Suta flagellum (Whip Hooded Snake, Little Whip Snake)[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pseudorictularia disparilis <Unverified Name>[6]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Length–weight allometries in lizards, S. Meiri, Journal of Zoology 281 (2010) 218–226
♦ 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
♦ 3Nathan 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
♦ 4Ecological Ramifications of Prey Size: Food Habits and Reproductive Biology of Australian Copperhead Snakes (Austrelaps, Elaidae), Richard Shine, Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 21-28, 1987
♦ 5Food Habits and Reproductive Biology of Small Australian Snakes of the Genera Unechis and Suta (Elapidae), RICHARD SHINE, Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 307-315, 1988
♦ 6Gibson, 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