Pseudemoia is a genus of skinks native to southeastern Australia. For similar skinks see genera Bassiana, Lampropholis, and Niveoscincus.
Reproduction At least in P. entrecasteauxii, P. pagenstecheri, and P. spenceri, a placenta-like structure is formed during pregnancy to pass nutrients to the developing offspring.Thompson MB, Stewart JR, Speake BK (2000). "Comparison of nutrient transport across the placenta of lizards differing in placental complexity". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 127 (4): 469-479. Similar mammal-like adaptations also occur in the skink genera Chalcides, Eumecia, Mabuya, Niveoscincus, and Trachylepis.Van Dyke JU, Brandley MC, Thompson MB (2014). "The evolution of viviparity: molecular and genomic data from squamate reptiles advance understanding of live birth in amniotes". Reproduction 147 (1): R15-R26. .
Species Six species are recognized.Wilson S, Swan G (2003). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Second edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishing. 512 pp. .Pseudemoia. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. Pseudemoia baudini – Baudin's skink,Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Pseudemoia baudini, p. 19). Bight Coast skink Pseudemoia cryodroma – alpine bog skink Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii – southern grass skink, tussock cool-skink, tussock skink, Entrecasteaux's skink Pseudemoia pagenstecheri – southern grass tussock skink, southern tussock grass skink Pseudemoia rawlinsoni – Rawlinson's window-eyed skink Pseudemoia spenceri – trunk-climbing cool-skink
References
Further reading Fuhn IE (1967). "Pseudemoia, eine neue monotypische Gattung aus Südostaustralien (Ablepharus/Emoa/spenceri Lucas und Frost, 1894) [= Pseudemoia, a new monotypic genus from southeastern Australia (Ablepharus/Emoa/spenceri Lucas and Frost, 1894)". Zoologischer Anzeiger 179: 243–247. (Pseudemoia, new genus). (in German). Hutchinson MN, Donnellan SC (1992). "Taxonomy and genetic variation in the Australian lizards of the genus Pseudemoia (Scincidae: Lygosominae)". Journal of Natural History 26 (1): 215–264.