Silvascincus murrayi

The blue-speckled forest-skink (Silvascincus murrayi) is a species of skink found in Queensland and New South Wales in Australia.^[2]

Silvascincus murrayi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Silvascincus
Species:	S. murrayi
Binomial name
Silvascincus murrayi (Boulenger, 1887)

Etymology

The specific name, murrayi, is in honor of Canadian oceanographer, John Murray.^[3]

Blue-speckled Forest-Skink at Greene's Falls, Mount Glorious

References

1. Shea, G.; Greenlees, M.; Wilson, S.; Hobson, R.; Sanderson, C. (2018). "Eulamprus murrayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109481361A109481372. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109481361A109481372.en. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
2. Silvascincus murrayi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eulamprus murrayi, p. 185; Eulamprus tryoni, p. 268).