Carinascincus coventryi, also known commonly as Coventry's window-eyed skink and the southern forest cool-skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Etymology The specific name, coventryi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Albert John Coventry.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Niveoscincus coventryi, p. 60).
Geographic range Carinascincus coventryi is found in the Australian states of Victoria and southern New South Wales.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Carinascincus coventryi is forest, at altitudes of .
Description Carinascincus coventryi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , with a long tail which is about one and a third times SVL.Rawlinson PA (1975).
Behavior Carinascincus coventryi is terrestrial.
Reproduction Carinascincus coventryi is viviparous.
References
Further reading
Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . (Carinascincus coventryi, p. 426). Rawlinson PA (1975). "Two new lizard species from the genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae: Lygosominae) in southeastern Australia and Tasmania". Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 36: 1–15 + Plates 1–2. (Leiolopisma coventryi, new species, pp. 2–4, Figure 1 + Plate 1, figure 1 & Plate 3, figure a). Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. . (Niveoscincus coventryi).