Satinay sand skink

 ( Skinks Of Australia ) 

The Satinay sand skink ( Coggeria naufragus), also known Common name as the Fraser Island sand skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Australia.

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Taxonomy C. naufragus is the type species of the Monotypic taxon genus Coggeria. www.reptile-database.org.

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Etymology The Genus name, Coggeria, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold Cogger.; ; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ( Coggeria, p. 56).

The specific name, naufragus, means "shipwrecked" or "castaway" in Latin.

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Geographic range C. naufragus is Endemism to Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia.

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Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. naufragus is forest.

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Description

C. naufragus has an elongated body and very small legs. There are three digits on each front foot, and three digits on each hind foot.

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Behavior

C. naufragus is terrestrial and fossorial.

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Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of C. naufragus is unknown.

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Further reading

• Harold Cogger (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. .
• , (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .

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External links

Categories: Skinks Of Australia, K'gari, Taxa Named By Patrick J. Couper, Taxa Named By Jeanette Covacevich, Taxa Named By Glenn Michael Shea

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