Southern Forest Coolskink

About the Southern Forest Coolskink

Carinascincus coventryi, also known commonly as Coventry's window-eyed skink and the southern forest cool-skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

The specific name, coventryi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Albert John Coventry. Carinascincus coventryi is found in the Australian states of Victoria and southern New South Wales. The preferred natural habitat of Carinascincus coventryi is forest, at altitudes of 600–1,500 m (2,000–4,900 ft).

Carinascincus coventryi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5 cm (2.0 in), with a long tail which is about one and a third times SVL. Carinascincus coventryi is terrestrial. Carinascincus coventryi is viviparous. Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350. (Carinascincus coventryi, p. 426).

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