Lampropholis caligula, also known commonly as the montane sunskink or the montane sun skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New South Wales in Australia.
Etymology The specific name, caligula, refers to the Roman emperor, Caligula.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Lampropholis caligula, p. 46).
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of L. caligula are forest, shrubland, and freshwater wetlands.
Reproduction L. caligula is oviparous.
References
Further reading Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . Ingram GJ, Rawlinson PA (1981). "Five new species of skinks (genus Lampropholis) from Queensland and New South Wales". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20 (2): 311–317. (Lampropholis caligula, new species). Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .