Plain-backed Sunskink articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: Australia
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)

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The plain-backed sunskink (Lampropholis couperi) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.^[2]

The specific name, couperi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Patrick J. Couper.^[3]

The preferred natural habitat of L. couperi is forest.^[1]

L. couperi, is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Shea, G.; Venz, M.; Sanderson, C.; Hobson, R.; Wilson, S. (2018). "Lampropholis couperi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109473083A109473088. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109473083A109473088.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Lampropholis couperi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 January 2020.
^ 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 couperi, p. 60).

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The plain-backed sunskink (Lampropholis couperi) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.