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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).  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesLectotype: NMV D1824 (formerly 56193), designated by Coventry (1970).
Holotype: AMS R9745, from Mt. Kosciusko, 5, 500 ft, N. S. W. [weekesae] 
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CommentType species: Lygosoma (Emoa) spenceri LUCAS & FROST 1894: 81 is the type species of the genus Pseudemoia FUHN 1967.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
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.

The genus Pseudemoia was apparently named after the Greek pseudes (false) plus the base genus Emoia. The type species was originally assigned to the subgenus Emoa, a synonym of Emoia. Derivation not stated by Fuhn (1967). 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Biazik, Joanna M.; Michael B. Thompson, and Christopher R. Murphy 2010. Paracellular and transcellular transport across the squamate uterine epithelium. Herp. Cons. Biol. 5 (2) - get paper here
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • Couper, P., Covacevich, J., Amey, A. & Baker, A. 2006. The genera of skinks (Family Scincidae) of Australia and its island territories: diversity, distribution and identification. in: Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G.M. & Lee, M.S.Y. (eds.). Evolution and Zoogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, pp. 367-384
  • Coventry, A. J. 1970. Reptile and amphibian type specimens housed in the National Museum of Victoria. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 31: 115-124. - get paper here
  • Fuhn, I. E. 1967. Pseudemoia, eine neue monotypische Gattung aus Südostaustralien (Ablepharus/Emoa/spenceri Lucas and Frost, 1894). Zool. Anz. 179: 243-247
  • Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 1-67. - get paper here
  • Greer, Allen E. 1982. A new species of Leiolopisma (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western Australia. Rec. Austral. Mus. 34 (12): 549-573 - get paper here
  • Herbert, Jacquie F.; Christopher R. Murphy, and Michael B. Thompson 2010. Calcium ATPase localization in the uterus of two species of Pseudemoia (Lacertilia: Scincidae) with complex placentae. Herp. Cons. Biol. 5 (2) - get paper here
  • 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
  • Hutchinson M N; Donnellan S C; Baverstock P R; Krieg M; Simms S; Burgin S 1990. Immunological relationships and generic revision of the Australian lizards assigned to the genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Australian Journal of Zoology 38 (5): 535-554 - get paper here
  • Hutchinson, M.N. 1979. The reptiles of Kinglake National Park. Victorian Naturalist 96: 124-134 - get paper here
  • Kinghorn, J. R. 1929. A new species of Lygosoma from New South Wales. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 54: 32-33 - get paper here
  • Lucas, A. H. S. & Frost, C. 1894. The lizards indigenous to Victoria. Proc. R. Soc. Vict. (ns) 6: 24-92 - get paper here
  • Rawlinson,P.A. 1974. Revision of the endemic southeastern Australian lizard genus Pseudemoia (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Victoria 35: 87-96 - get paper here
  • Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
  • Stewart, James R. and Tom W. Ecay 2010. Patterns of maternal provision and embryonic mobilization of calcium in oviparous and viviparous squamate reptiles. Herp. Cons. Biol. 5 (2) - get paper here
  • Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp.
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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