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.[2] Similar mammal-like adaptations also occur in the skink genera Chalcides, Eumecia, Mabuya, Niveoscincus, and Trachylepis.[3]
Species
Six species are recognized.[4][5]
- Pseudemoia baudini (A.M.C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839) -- Great Bight cool-skink, Baudin’s skink,[6] Bight Coast skink
- Pseudemoia cryodroma Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1992 -- alpine bog skink
- Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii (Kuhl, 1839) -- southern grass skink, tussock cool-skink, tussock skink, Entrecasteaux's skink
- Pseudemoia pagenstecheri (Lindholm, 1901) -- southern grass tussock skink, southern tussock grass skink
- Pseudemoia rawlinsoni (Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1988) -- Rawlinson's window-eyed skink, glossy grass skink
- Pseudemoia spenceri (Lucas & Frost, 1894) -- trunk-climbing cool-skink
References
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- ↑ Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
- ↑ Thompson, M.B. and Stewart, J.R. 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, J.U., Brandley, M.C., and Thompson, M.B. 2014. The evolution of viviparity: molecular and genomic data from squamate reptiles advance understanding of live birth in amniotes. Reproduction 147 (1): R15-R26. doi: 10.1530/REP-13-0309
- ↑ Wilson S, Swan G. 2003. A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Second edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishing. 512 pp. ISBN 1877069469.
- ↑ Pseudemoia, Reptile Database.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudemoia baudini, p. 19).
