Lampropholis adonis

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Shea, G. |author-link=species:Glenn M. Shea |author2=Wilson, S. |author2-link=species:Steve K. Wilson |author3=Venz, M. |author4=Hobson, R. |date=2018 |title=Lampropholis adonis |volume=2018 |page=e.T109472898A109472952 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109472898A109472952.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Lampropholis

| species = adonis

| authority = Ingram, 1991

| synonyms = *Lampropholis adonis
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  • Ndurascincus adonis
    {{small|— Wells, 2002}}
  • Lampropholis adonis
    {{small|— Couper, 2006}}

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Lampropholis adonis, also known commonly as the diamond shielded sunskink and Ingram's litter skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.{{NRDB species|genus=Lampropholis|species=adonis|accessdate=1 January 2020}}

Etymology

The specific name, adonis, refers to the Greek mythological god Adonis.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 adonis, p. 2).

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. adonis are forest and freshwater wetlands.

Reproduction

L. adonis is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • 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 adonis, new species, p. 445).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. {{ISBN|978-1921517280}}.

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Category:Skinks of Australia

Category:Endemic fauna of Australia

Category:Reptiles described in 1991

Category:Lampropholis

Category:Taxa named by Glen Joseph Ingram

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