Pseudemoia spenceri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Pseudemoia
Species: Pseudemoia spenceri

Name

Pseudemoia spenceri (Lucas & Frost, 1894)

• Lectotype: NMV D1824 (old no. 56193), collector and date unknown. [designated by Coventry (1970: 120)]
• Type locality: “Brandy Creek”, Victoria, Australia.

Combinations

• Lygsosoma (Emoa) spenceri Lucas & Frost, 1894: 81 [original combination]
• Ablepharus spenceri — Smith, 1937 [subsequent combination]
• Emoia spenceri — Worrell, 1963 [subsequent combination]
• Pseudemoia spenceri — Fuhn, 1967 [subsequent combination]
• Leiolopisma spenceri — Greer, 1974 [subsequent combination]
• Eulepis spenceri — Swan, 1990 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Lucas, A.H.S. & Frost, C. 1894. The Lizards indigenous to Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. New Series 76: 24–92. BHL Reference page. 
• Coventry, A.J. 1970. Reptile and amphibian type specimens housed in the National Museum of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 31: 115–124. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pseudemoia spenceri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 April 2020.
• Shea, G., Clemann, N., Hutchinson, M. & Chapple, D. 2018. IUCN: Pseudemoia spenceri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109481007A109481026. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109481007A109481026.en

Vernacular names

English: Trunk-climbing Cool-skink

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