Eulamprus kosciuskoi


Eulamprus kosciuskoi, also known commonly as the alpine meadow-skink and the alpine water skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to eastern Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, kosciuskoi, refers to Mount Kosciuszko, Australia's highest mountain, where the holotype was collected.

Description

E. kosciuskoi may attain a snout-to-vent length of. It has a narrow black vertebral stripe and yellow dorsolateral stripes.

Geographic range

E. kosciuskoi is found in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of E. kosciuskoi are forest, shrubland, grassland, and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes above.

Reproduction

E. kosciuskoi is ovoviviparous.