Pseudemoia

Pseudemoia is a genus of skinks native to southeastern Australia. For similar skinks see genera Bassiana, Lampropholis, and Niveoscincus.

Pseudemoia
Pseudemoia rawlinsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Eugongylidae
Genus:	Pseudemoia Fuhn, 1967[1]
Species
6, see text

Reproduction

At least in P. entrecasteauxii, P. pagenstecheri, and P. spenceri, a placenta-like structure is formed during pregnancy to pass nutrients to the developing offspring.^[2] Similar mammal-like adaptations also occur in the skink genera Chalcides, Eumecia, Mabuya, Niveoscincus, and Trachylepis.^[3]

Species

Six species are recognized.^[4][5]

• Pseudemoia baudini (Greer, 1982) – Baudin's skink,^[6] Bight Coast skink
• Pseudemoia cryodroma Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1992 – alpine bog skink
• Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – southern grass skink, tussock cool-skink, tussock skink, Entrecasteaux's skink
• Pseudemoia pagenstecheri (Lindholm, 1901) – southern grass tussock skink, southern tussock grass skink
• Pseudemoia rawlinsoni (Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1988) – Rawlinson's window-eyed skink
• Pseudemoia spenceri (Lucas & Frost, 1894) – trunk-climbing cool-skink