Anomalopus mackayi

Anomalopus mackayi

Taxobox | name = Long-Legged Worm Skink
status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Scincidae
genus = "Anomalopus"
species = A. mackayi
binomial = "Anomalopus mackayi"
binomial_authority = Greer & Cogger, 1985

Anomalopus mackayi, the Long-Legged Worm Skink or Five-Clawed Worm Skink is a smooth-scaled burrowing skink found in eastern Australia. It generally burrows in areas with black soil and few trees. It generally grows to the size of about 10 cm. It is similar to "Anomalopus leuckartii" but with a distinctly didactyle (having two digits) hindlimb, a central dark spot within each individual scale and is yellow-green below with darker flecks (Cogger 2000). Females of the species give birth to live young.

Conservation status

It is listed as "Vulnerable" under the IUCN Red List, and as "Endangered" under Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992.

References

*IUCN2006|assessors=Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group|year=1996|id=|title=Anomalopus mackayi|downloaded=10 April 2007 Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is of least concern
*Cogger, H. (2000). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia - 6th edn.
*Greer, A.E. & H.G. Cogger (1985). Systematics of the reduced-limbed and limbless skinks currently assigned to the genus Anomalopus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Records of the Australian Museum 37 (1):11-54.
*Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

External links

* [http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=25934 Five-clawed worm skink]


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