Pseudemoia spenceri

Pseudemoia spenceri, also known commonly as Spencer's widow-eyed skink or the trunk-climbing cool-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Pseudemoia spenceri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Pseudemoia
Species:	P. spenceri
Binomial name
Pseudemoia spenceri (Lucas & Frost, 1894)
Synonyms[2]
Lygosoma (Emoa) spenceri Lucas & Frost, 1894 Lygosoma (Liolepisma) weekesae Kinghorn, 1929 Ablepharus spenceri — M.A. Smith, 1937 Pseudemoia spenceri — Fuhn, 1967 Leiolopisma spenceri — Greer, 1974 Pseudemoia spenceri — Cogger, 1983

Etymology

The specific name, spenceri, is in honour of English-Australian biologist Walter Baldwin Spencer.^[3]

Geographic range

P. spenceri is found in southeastern Australia, in the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. spenceri are forest and rocky areas.^[1]

Reproduction

P. spenceri is viviparous.^[2]