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Satinay sand skink
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Coggeria Couper, Covacevich, Marsterson & Shea, 1996
Species:	C. naufragus
Binomial name
Coggeria naufragus Couper, Covacevich, Marsterson & Shea, 1996

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

Taxonomy

C. naufragus is the type species of the monotypic genus Coggeria.

Etymology

The generic name, Coggeria, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold Cogger.

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

Geographic range

C. naufragus is endemic to Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. naufragus is forest.

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.

Behavior

C. naufragus is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of C. naufragus is unknown.

References

1. ^ Hobson, R.; Shea, G.; Wilson, S.; Venz, M.; Sanderson, C.; Vanderduys, E. (2018). "Coggeria naufragus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102967418A102967426. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102967418A102967426.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. ^ Species Coggeria naufragus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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. (Coggeria, p. 56).

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.

External links

• Couper, P.J.; Covacevich, J.A.; Marsterson, S.P.; Shea, G.M. (1996). "Coggeria naufragus gen. et sp. nov., a sand-swimming skink from Fraser Island, Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 39 (2): 233–241. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2010.

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• 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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