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Eastern Mourning Skink
Lissolepis coventryi
The eastern mourning skink (Lissolepis coventryi), also known commonly as Coventry's spinytail skink and the swamp skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
From the article Eastern mourning skink on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
L. coventryi has an average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 10 cm (3.9 in), with a long tail, which is almost one and a half times SVL, 15 cm (5.9 in)).
Range & habitat
L. coventryi is found in the Australian states of South Australia, Victoria, and possibly New South Wales.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
In human culture
The specific name, coventryi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Albert John Coventry.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 38631.