Epibator greeri, also known commonly as Greer's tree skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Caledonia.[1][2]

Epibator greeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Epibator
Species:
E. greeri
Binomial name
Epibator greeri
(Böhme, 1979)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leiolopisma greeri
    Böhme, 1979
  • Lioscincus greeri
    Bauer & Sadlier, 1993
  • Epibator greeri
    — Sadlier et al., 2015

Etymology

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The specific name, greeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Allen Eddy Greer.[3]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat og E. greeri is forest, at altitudes from 150–500 m (490–1,640 ft).[1]

Reproduction

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E. greeri is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Sadlier RA, Bauer AM, Jourdan H, Astrongatt S, Deuss M, Duval T, Bourguet E, McCoy S, Bouteiller A, Lagrange A (2021). "Epibator greeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176133A123131743. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176133/123131743. Downloaded on 18 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Epibator greeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lioscincus greeri, p. 107).

Further reading

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  • Böhme W (1979). "Eine neue Art der Gattung Leilopisma Duméril & Bibron, 1839 aus Neukaledonien (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) [= A new species of the genus Leiolopisma Duméril & Bibron, 1839 from New Caledonia]". Salamandra 15 (3): 140–145. (Leiolopisma greeri, new species). (in German, with an abstract in English).