Praeteropus gowi, also known commonly as Gow's burrowing skink and the speckled worm-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Praeteropus |
| Species: | P. gowi
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| Praeteropus gowi | |
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Etymology edit
The specific name, gowi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Graeme Francis Gow.[3]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitats of P. gowi are forest and shrubland.[1]
Description edit
P. gowi is limbless. It has scaly, movable eyelids. It does not have external ear openings.[2]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Vanderduys E (2018). "Anomalopus gowi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T178370A101746312. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T178370A101746312.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Praeteropus gowi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2021.
- ^ 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. (Anomalopus gowi, p. 105).
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. (Anomalopus gowi).
- Greer AE, Cogger HG (1985). "Systematics of the reduce-limbed and limbless skinks currently assigned to the genus Anomalopus (Lacertilia: Scincidae)" Records of the Australian Museum 37 (1): 11–54. (Anomalopus gowi, new species, p. 25).
- Hutchinson MN, Couper P, Amey A, Wilmer JW (2021). "Diversity and Systematics of Limbless Skinks (Anomalopus) from Eastern Australia and the Skeletal Changes that Accompany the Substrate Swimming Body Form". Journal of Herpetology 55 (4): 361–384. (Praeteropus gowi, new combination).
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280. (Anomalopus gowi).
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