Two new lizard species discovered on Australian mountain


Sydney, Oct 30 (IANS/EFE): Australian scientists have discovered two new species of lizards in a remote area of Cape York Peninsula in northeastern Australia, academic sources reported Thursday.

The leader of the scientific expedition, Conrad Hoskin, a James Cook University researcher, discovered the species called "Cape Melville rainbow skink" and "Cape Melville bar-lipped skink" on the wooded plateau of the Cape Melville range, about 170 km from the city of Cooktown.

Hoskin explained that the two species were hidden in an isolated and remote mountainous area surrounded by large granite formations, according to a statement from James Cook University.

The two lizards have already been officially named and described in the latest edition of the scientific journal Zootaxa, making it five animal species to be discovered in Cape Melville by Hoskin.

Hoskin said that the Melville range has been very isolated from the rest of the world for millions of years and therefore probably has the largest number of unique species of animals than anywhere else in Australia.

The scientific names of the two lizards are "Carlia wundalthini" and "Glaphyromorphus othelarrni" and were chosen by the Aborigines of the area.

  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: Two new lizard species discovered on Australian mountain



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.