Saproscincus lewisi

Saproscincus lewisi, also known commonly as the Cooktown shade-skink and the northern wet tropics shadeskink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, lewisi, is in honor of Lewis Roberts, who collected the holotype.

Description

Adults of S. lewisi have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about . At midbody the scales are arranged in 22–24 rows around the body. Dorsally, it is brown or bronze, with darker flecks.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. lewisi is forest.

Reproduction

S. lewisi is oviparous.

References

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. .
• Couper PJ, (1998). "Two new species of Saproscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42 (2): 465–473. (Saproscincus lewisi, new species, pp. 469–471, Figures 5–6).