Carinascincus coventryi, also known commonly as Coventry's window-eyed skink and the southern forest cool-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Etymology
The specific name, coventryi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist .
Geographic range
C. coventryi is found in the Australian states of Victoria and southern New South Wales.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. coventryi is forest, at altitudes of .
Description
C. coventryi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , with a long tail which is about one and a third times SVL.
Behavior
C. coventryi is terrestrial.
Reproduction
C. coventryi is viviparous.
References
Further reading
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . (Carinascincus coventryi, p. 426).
- (1975). "Two new lizard species from the genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae: Lygosominae) in southeastern Australia and Tasmania". Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 36: 1âÂÂ15 + Plates 1âÂÂ2. (Leiolopisma coventryi, new species, pp. 2âÂÂ4, Figure 1 + Plate 1, figure 1 & Plate 3, figure a).
- , (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. . (Niveoscincus coventryi).