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Southern Forest Coolskink
Carinascincus coventryi
Carinascincus coventryi, also known commonly as Coventry's window-eyed skink and the southern forest cool-skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
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Description
Carinascincus coventryi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5 cm (2.0 in), with a long tail which is about one and a third times SVL.
Range & habitat
Carinascincus coventryi is found in the Australian states of Victoria and southern New South Wales.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
In human culture
The specific name, coventryi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Albert John Coventry.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 552262.