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Carinascincus coventryi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Carinascincus
Species:	C. coventryi
Binomial name
Carinascincus coventryi (Rawlinson, 1975)
Synonyms
Leiolopisma coventryi Rawlinson, 1975 Niveoscincus coventryi — Hutchinson et al., 1990 Pseudemoia coventryi — Frank & Ramus, 1995 Harrisoniascincus coventryi — Greer, 2005 Carinascincus coventryi — Couper et al., 2006

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

Etymology

The specific name, coventryi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Albert John Coventry.

Geographic range

C. coventryi is found in the Australian states of Victoria and southern New South Wales.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. coventryi is forest, at altitudes of 600–1,500 m (2,000–4,900 ft).

Description

C. 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.

Behavior

C. coventryi is terrestrial.

Reproduction

C. coventryi is viviparous.

References

1. ^ Shea, G.; Cogger, H.; Greenlees, M. (2018). "Carinascincus coventryi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109480581A109480590. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109480581A109480590.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. ^ Carinascincus coventryi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. 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. (Niveoscincus coventryi, p. 60).
4. Rawlinson PA (1975).

Further reading

• 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).
• Rawlinson PA (1975). "Two new lizard species from the genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae: Lygosominae) in southeastern Australia and Tasmania". Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 36: 1–15 + Plates 1–2. (Leiolopisma coventryi, new species, pp. 2–4, Figure 1 + Plate 1, figure 1 & Plate 3, figure a).
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280. (Niveoscincus coventryi).

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