Silvascincus murrayi
The blue-speckled forest-skink (Silvascincus murrayi) is a species of skink found in Queensland and New South Wales in Australia.[2]
| Silvascincus murrayi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Silvascincus |
| Species: | S. murrayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Silvascincus murrayi (Boulenger, 1887) | |
Etymology
The specific name, murrayi, is in honor of Canadian oceanographer, John Murray.[3]
References
- Shea, G., Greenlees, M., Wilson, S., Hobson, R. & Sanderson, C. 2018. Eulamprus murrayi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109481361A109481372. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109481361A109481372.en. Downloaded on 12 July 2020.
- Silvascincus murrayi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
- 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. (Eulamprus murrayi, p. 185; Eulamprus tryoni, p. 268).
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