Pseudemoia is a genus of skinks native to southeastern Australia. For similar skinks see genera Bassiana, Lampropholis, and Niveoscincus.
Reproduction
At least in P. entrecasteauxii, P. pagenstecheri, and P. spenceri, a placenta-like structure is formed during pregnancy to pass nutrients to the developing offspring.[2] Similar mammal-like adaptations also occur in the skink genera Chalcides, Eumecia, Mabuya, Niveoscincus, and Trachylepis.[3]
Species
Six species are recognized.[4][5]
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Pseudemoia baudini (Greer, 1982) – Baudin's skink,[6] Bight Coast skink
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Pseudemoia cryodroma Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1992 – alpine bog skink
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Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – southern grass skink, tussock cool-skink, tussock skink, Entrecasteaux's skink
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Pseudemoia pagenstecheri (Lindholm, 1901) – southern grass tussock skink, southern tussock grass skink
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Pseudemoia rawlinsoni (Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1988) – Rawlinson's window-eyed skink
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Pseudemoia spenceri (Lucas & Frost, 1894) – trunk-climbing cool-skink
References
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^ "Pseudemoia ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
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^ Thompson MB, Stewart JR, Speake BK (2000). "Comparison of nutrient transport across the placenta of lizards differing in placental complexity". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 127 (4): 469-479.
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^ Van Dyke JU, Brandley MC, Thompson MB (2014). "The evolution of viviparity: molecular and genomic data from squamate reptiles advance understanding of live birth in amniotes". Reproduction 147 (1): R15-R26. doi:10.1530/REP-13-0309.
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^ Wilson S, Swan G (2003). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Second edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishing. 512 pp. ISBN 1877069469.
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^ Pseudemoia. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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^ 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. (Pseudemoia baudini, p. 19).
