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''Egernia kingii'', King's skink, is a species of skink native to coastal regions of south-western Australia〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Waratah Software Natural Images of Australia )〕 common on Rottnest Island and Penguin Island and some coastal areas with open forest and open heath. It is a large, heavy-bodied black skink that can reach a length of 〔 with a mass of . This reptile is omnivorous and consumes mostly softer plant matter from the range of local vegetation, but supplements its diet with insects and bird's eggs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CSIRO publishing - The reproduction and diet of ''Egernia kingii'' (Reptilia : Scincidae) on Penguin Island, Western Australia )〕 They are prey for many animals including tiger snakes (''Notechis'' spp.).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Diet divergence, jaw size and scale counts in two neighbouring populations of tiger snakes (''Notechis scutatus'') )〕 A traditional name for the species is wandy, given by the Nyungar people of south west Western Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vocabulary collected by Isaac Scott Nind 1826-1829 at King George's Sound )〕 The first European to draw a King's skink was the artist and naturalist Ferdinand Bauer who made a detailed drawing of one during Flinders' expedition in 1801.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ABC - The Nauralists - Ferdinand Bauer )〕 Like many skinks, they are viviparous and after a gestation period of 20 - 22 weeks.〔 give birth to litters of 2 - 8 young that have a typical mass of . Juvenile mortality is high and growth to adult size is slow, so mature King's skinks can be quite long lived. The specific name, ''kingii'', is in honor of Australian Phillip Parker King, who explored the coast of Australia while he was an officer in the Royal Navy.〔Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (''Egernia kingii'', p. 141).〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Egernia kingii」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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