| Lampropholis couperi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Lampropholis |
| Species: | L. couperi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lampropholis couperi Ingram, 1991
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Lampropholis couperi, commonly known as the plain-backed sunskink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland, Australia.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, couperi, is in honour of Australian herpetologist Patrick J. Couper.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of L. couperi is forest.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Shea, G.; Venz, M.; Sanderson, C.; Hobson, R.; Wilson, S. (2018). "Lampropholis couperi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109473083A109473088. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109473083A109473088.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Lampropholis couperi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 January 2020.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lampropholis couperi, p. 60).
Further reading
[edit]- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Ingram GJ (1991). "Five new skinks from Queensland rainforests". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 30 (3): 443–453. (Lampropholis couperi, new species, p. 450).
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.