AROD > Reptiles / Squamata / Scincidae / Bellatorias
War-like skinks
Bellatorias
- Wells & Wellington, 1984
Pronunciation: | bell-ah-tor-EE-ahs | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Etymology: | 'war-like'.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic notes: |
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Notes: | Squarish in cross section. Dorsal scales smooth to weakly keeled. Dorsal scales in 26-36 rows. Postnarial groove running to first supralabial. Incomplete subocular scale row. Distinct cream margins to eyelid.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Statistics: |
Reproductive modes:
Live-bearing - 3 out of 3 Australian species Size range: Smallest Australian species: major skink (Bellatorias frerei) at 18 cm Longest Australian species: land mullet (Bellatorias major) at 30 cm |
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Number of Australian species: | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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- Wells, Richard W. & Wellington, C. Ross (1984). A synopsis of the Class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, 1(3-4):73-129. - search web for this article
- Gardner, Michael G.; Hugall, Andrew F.; Donnellan, Stephen C.; Hutchinson, Mark N.; & Foster, Ralph (2008). Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the Egernia group (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 154:781-794. - search web for this article
- Brown, Danny (2009). A guide to keeping Australian lizards. Australian Bird Keeper Publications. - search web for this book