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Pseudemoia spenceri (LUCAS & FROST, 1894)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Trunk-climbing Cool-skink 
SynonymLygosoma (Emoa) spenceri LUCAS & FROST 1894: 81
Lygosoma (Liolepisma) weekesae KINGHORN 1929: 32
Ablepharus spenceri — SMITH 1937
Peudemoia spenceri — FUHN 1967
Leiolopisma spenceri — GREER 1974
Pseudemoia spenceri — COGGER 1983: 183
Pseudemoia spenceri — HUTCHINSON et al. 1990
Pseudemoia spenceri — HUTCHINSON & DONNELLAN 1992
Pseudemoia spenceri — COGGER 2000: 569
Pseudemoia spenceri — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (New South Wales, Victoria)

Type locality: Brandy Creek, Victoria (original description cites Brandy Creek and Dandenong Ranges, Victoria).  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesLectotype: NMV D1824 (formerly 56193), designated by Coventry (1970).
Holotype: AMS R9745, from Mt. Kosciusko, 5, 500 ft, N. S. W. [weekesae] 
Diagnosis 
CommentType species: Lygosoma (Emoa) spenceri LUCAS & FROST 1894: 81 is the type species of the genus Pseudemoia FUHN 1967. 
EtymologyNamed after Sir WaIter Baldwin Spencer (1860-1929), an explorer, biologist, anthropologist, zoologist, and patron of the arts. He went to Australia to become the first Professor of Biology, University of Melbourne (1887-1919), and Director of the Natural History Museum, Melbourne. 
References
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  • Fuhn, I. E. 1967. Pseudemoia, eine neue monotypische Gattung aus Südostaustralien (Ablepharus/Emoa/spenceri Lucas and Frost, 1894). Zool. Anz. 179: 243-247
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  • Hutchinson M N. DONNELLAN S C. 1992. Taxonomy and genetic variation in the Australian lizards of the genus Pseudemoia (Scincidae Lygosominae). Journal of Natural History 26 (1): 215-264. - get paper here
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