Anomalopus mackayi
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Anomalopus mackayi, commonly known as the five-clawed worm skink, the long-legged worm skink, and Mackay's burrowing skink, is a species of smooth-scaled burrowing skink, a lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to eastern Australia.
Etymology
The specific name, mackayi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Roy D. Mackay.[1][2]
Behaviour and habitat
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Description
Anomalopus mackayi usually grows to a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about Script error: No such module "convert".. A. mackayi is similar to A. leuckartii but with distinctly didactyle (having two digits) hindlimbs, a central dark spot within each individual scale, and is yellow-green below with darker flecks (Cogger 2000).
Reproduction
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Conservation status
Anomalopus mackayi is listed as "Least Concern" under the 2018 IUCN Red List,[3] and as "Endangered" under Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992.[4]
References
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- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Anomalopus mackayi, pp. 164-165).
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Further reading
- Cogger H (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. Template:ISBN.
- Greer AE, Cogger HG (1985). "Systematics of the reduce-limbed and limbless skinks currently assigned to the genus Anomalopus (Lacertilia: Scincidae)". Records of the Australian Museum 37 (1): 11–54. (Anomalopus mackayi, new species).
- Groombridge B (editor) (1994). 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. Gland, Switzerland: International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. Template:ISBN.
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External links
- "Anomalus mackayi ". Australian Government, Department of the Environment. Five-clawed worm skink.