Eremiascincus richardsonii

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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Eremiascincus richardsoni (Gray 1845) • Eremiascincus richardsonii - Greer 1979 • Eremiascincus richardsonii — Cogger 2000: 478 • Hinulia ambigua De Vis 1888: 817 • Hinulia richardsonii Gray 1845: 271 • Lygosoma monotropis Boulenger 1887: 237 • Lygosoma monotropis Smith 1937: 220 • Lygosoma richardsoni Smith 1937: 220 • Lygosoma< /i> (Sphenomorphus) Monotropis — Smith 1937: 220 • Lygosoma< /i> (Sphenomorphus) Richardsoni — Smith 1937: 220

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.3.14 Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.26.12-13, BMNH 1946.8.5.45, from Champion Bay , W. A. and W. A. [Lygosoma monotropis] Holotype: QM J242, from Charleville, Qld. [Hinulia ambigua] Synonymy after COGGER 1983. Hinulia richardsonii is the type species of the genus Eremiascincus.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Eremiascincus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:

E. brongersmai (Brown-Sided Bar-Lipped Skink) · E. fasciolatus (Narrow-Banded Sand-Swimmer) · E. richardsonii (Broad-Banded Sand-Swimmer)

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Further Reading

• Boulenger (1887) Catalogue of the Lizards, Vol. III.
• Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575pp.
• Cogger (2000) Rept. Amph. of Australia, 6th ed.
• Cogger,H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
• De Vis et al. (1888) Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) 2: 811-826 [1887]
• De Vis, C. W. 1888. A contribution to the herpetology of Queensland. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) 2: 811-826 [1887]
• Gray (1845) Catalogue lizards British Museum.
• Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp.
• Greer (1979) Records of the Australian Museum 32 (7): 321-338
• Greer, Allen E. 1979. Eremiascincus, A new generic name for some Australian sand swimming skinks (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Australian Museum 32 (7): 321-338
• Mecke, S; Dougherty, P. & Donnellan, S.C. 2009. A new species of Eremiascincus (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from the Great Sandy Desert and Pilbara Coast, Western Australia and reassignment of eight species from Glaphyromorphus to Eremiascincus. Zootaxa 2246: 1-20
• Reeder (2003) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27: 384–397
• Reeder, T.W. 2003. A phylogeny of the Australian Sphenomorphus group (Scincidae: Squamata) and the phylogenetic placement of the crocodile skinks (Tribolonotus): Bayesian approaches to assessing congruence and obtaining confidence in maximum likelihood inferred relatio Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27: 384–397
• Smith (1937) Rec. Ind. Mus. 39 (3): 213-234
• Smith,M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
• Storr (1974) Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 3: 66-70
• Storr, G. M. 1974. Revision of the Sphenomorphus richardsonii species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 3: 66-70
• Storr, G. M.; L. A. Smith, and R. E. Johnstone 1999. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Revised Edition. Western Australian Museum

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Amphibians and Reptiles Collection
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2539591
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-2851
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13819894
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 636974

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