The Satinay sand skink (Coggeria naufragus), also known commonly as the Fraser Island sand skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Australia.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Coggeria Couper, Covacevich, Marsterson & Shea, 1996 |
Species: | C. naufragus
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Binomial name | |
Coggeria naufragus Couper, Covacevich, Marsterson & Shea, 1996
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C. naufragus is the type species of the monotypic genus Coggeria.[2]
The generic name, Coggeria, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold Cogger.[3]
The specific name, naufragus, means "shipwrecked" or "castaway" in Latin.[2]
C. naufragus is endemic to Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia.[2]
C. naufragus has an elongated body and very small legs. There are three digits on each front foot, and three digits on each hind foot.[2]
C. naufragus is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
The mode of reproduction of C. naufragus is unknown.[2]