Saproscincus hannahae, also known commonly as Hannah's shadeskink and Hannah's shade-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.
Etymology The specific name, hannahae, is in honor of Hannah Couper who is the daughter of Patrick J. Couper.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Saproscincus hannahae, p. 115).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of S. hannahae is forest.
Description A small species, S. hannahae has an average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . The tail length is on average 1.3 times SVL.Couper PJ, Keim LD (1998).
Reproduction S. hannahae is oviparous.
References
Further reading Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . Couper PJ, Keim LD (1998). "Two new species of Saproscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42: 465–473. (Saproscincus hannahae, new species, pp. 466–469, Figures 1–2). Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .