Pseudemoia
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Pseudemoia is a genus of skinks native to southeastern Australia. For similar skinks see genera Bassiana, Lampropholis, and Niveoscincus.
Reproduction
At least in P. entrecasteauxii, P. pagenstecheri, and P. spenceri, a placenta-like structure is formed during pregnancy to pass nutrients to the developing offspring.[1] Similar mammal-like adaptations also occur in the skink genera Chalcides, Eumecia, Mabuya, Niveoscincus, and Trachylepis.[2]
Species
Six species are recognized.[3][4]
- Pseudemoia baudini (Greer, 1982)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Baudin's skink,[5] Bight Coast skink
- Pseudemoia cryodroma Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1992Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – alpine bog skink
- Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – southern grass skink, tussock cool-skink, tussock skink, Entrecasteaux's skink
- Pseudemoia pagenstecheri (Lindholm, 1901)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – southern grass tussock skink, southern tussock grass skink
- Pseudemoia rawlinsoni (Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1988)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Rawlinson's window-eyed skink
- Pseudemoia spenceri (Lucas & Frost, 1894)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – trunk-climbing cool-skink
References
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- ↑ Thompson MB, Stewart JR, Speake BK (2000). "Comparison of nutrient transport across the placenta of lizards differing in placental complexity". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 127 (4): 469-479.
- ↑ Van Dyke JU, Brandley MC, Thompson MB (2014). "The evolution of viviparity: molecular and genomic data from squamate reptiles advance understanding of live birth in amniotes". Reproduction 147 (1): R15-R26. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers"..
- ↑ Wilson S, Swan G (2003). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Second edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishing. 512 pp. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Pseudemoia. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Pseudemoia baudini, p. 19).
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Further reading
- Fuhn IE (1967). "Pseudemoia, eine neue monotypische Gattung aus Südostaustralien (Ablepharus/Emoa/spenceri Lucas und Frost, 1894) [= Pseudemoia, a new monotypic genus from southeastern Australia (Ablepharus/Emoa/spenceri Lucas and Frost, 1894)". Zoologischer Anzeiger 179: 243–247. (Pseudemoia, new genus). (in German).
- Hutchinson MN, Donnellan SC (1992). "Taxonomy and genetic variation in the Australian lizards of the genus Pseudemoia (Scincidae: Lygosominae)". Journal of Natural History 26 (1): 215–264.