Alpine cool-skink

The alpine cool-skink (Carinascincus greeni),^[2] also known commonly as the northern snow skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Tasmania in Australia.

Alpine cool-skink
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Carinascincus
Species:	C. greeni
Binomial name
Carinascincus greeni (Rawlinson, 1975)
Synonyms[2]
Leiolopisma greeni Rawlinson, 1975 Carinascincus greeni — Wells & Wellington, 1985 Niveoscincus greeni — Hutchinson et al., 1990 Pseudemoia greeni — Frank & Ramus, 1995 Niveoscincus greeni — Melville & R. Swain, 2000 Carinascincus greeni — Greer, 2005 Niveoscincus greeni — Wilson & Swan, 2013 Carinascincus greeni — Cogger, 2014

Etymology

The specific name, greeni, is in honor of Tasmanian ornithologist Robert "Bob" Green.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. greeni are rocky areas and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes higher than 1,000 m (3,300 ft), above the tree line.^[1]

Reproduction

C. greeni is ovoviviparous.^[2] Litter size is two or three newborns.^[1]