Satinay sand skink

Satinay sand skink
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Coggeria; Couper, Covacevich, Marsterson & Shea, 1996
Species:	C. naufragus
Binomial name
	Coggeria naufragus; Couper, Covacevich, Marsterson & Shea, 1996

The Satinay sand skink (Coggeria naufragus), also known commonly as the Fraser Island sand skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Australia.

Taxonomy

C. naufragus is the type species of the monotypic genus Coggeria.^[2]

Etymology

The generic name, Coggeria, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold Cogger.^[3]

The specific name, naufragus, means "shipwrecked" or "castaway" in Latin.^[2]

Geographic range

C. naufragus is endemic to Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. naufragus is forest.^[1]

Description

C. naufragus has an elongated body and very small legs. There are three digits on each front foot, and three digits on each hind foot.^[2]

Behavior

C. naufragus is terrestrial and fossorial.^[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of C. naufragus is unknown.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Hobson, R.; Shea, G.; Wilson, S.; Venz, M.; Sanderson, C.; Vanderduys, E. (2018). "Coggeria naufragus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102967418A102967426. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102967418A102967426.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Species Coggeria naufragus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ 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. (Coggeria, p. 56).

External links

Couper, P.J.; Covacevich, J.A.; Marsterson, S.P.; Shea, G.M. (1996). "Coggeria naufragus gen. et sp. nov., a sand-swimming skink from Fraser Island, Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 39 (2): 233–241. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2010.

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] Hobson, R.; Shea, G.; Wilson, S.; Venz, M.; Sanderson, C.; Vanderduys, E. (2018). "Coggeria naufragus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102967418A102967426. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102967418A102967426.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[RDB-2] Species Coggeria naufragus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

[3] 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. (Coggeria, p. 56).

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