Species Lampropholis guichenoti (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink
- Lygosoma guichenoti Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1839. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 5 viii 854 pp. [Date published Nov-1839] [713].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP 5264, Kangaroo Is.; original description cites 'Australia'. - Lygosoma duperreyii Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1839. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 5 viii 854 pp. [Date published Nov-1839] [715] [var. B; ex Cocteau ms; for other syntypes see Leiolopisma trilineatum (Gray, 1838)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 3014, New Zealand and TAS (original description cites New Zealand and Australia). - Lampropholis lunneyi Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1984. A synopsis of the class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1(3-4): 73-129 [1983 on title page] [97].
Type data:
Holotype AM R111950 (previously AMF28126), 1.5 km SW Mt Cambewarra Lookout, NSW [34°48'S 150°34'E]. - Lampropholis swani Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [31].
Type data:
Holotype AM R116961 (previously AMF 16642), 1.6 km W of 'The Flags', via Walcha, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [167]
Generic Combinations
- Lampropholis guichenoti (Duméril & Bibron, 1839).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Diurnal, low open woodland, open forest, oviparous, tall forest, terrestrial, woodland.
General References
Clarke, C.J. 1965. A comparison between some Australian five-fingered lizards of the genus Leiolopisma Duméril and Bibron (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 13: 577-592 (taxonomy)
Crome, B. 1981. The diet of some ground-layer lizards in three woodlands of the New England Tableland of Australia. Herpetofauna 13: 4-11
Joss, J.M.P. 1978. A rhythm in hydroxyindole-o-methyl-transferase (HIOMT) activity in the scincid lizard, Lampropholis guichenoti. General and Comparative Endocrinology 36: 521-525
Milton, D. 1980. Some aspects of the population dynamics of Lampropholis guichenoti in Toohey Forest near Brisbane. Herpetofauna 8: 19-23
Mitchell, F.J. 1959. Communal egg-laying in the lizard Leiolopisma guichenoti (Duméril and Bibron). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 82: 121-122
Powell, H., Heatwole, H. & Heatwole, M. 1979. Winter aggregation of Leiolopisma guichenoti. British Journal of Herpetology 5: 789-791
Wells, R. 1981. Utilisation of the same site for communal egg-laying by Lampropholis delicata and L. guichenoti. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1: 35-36
Common Name References
Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [32] (Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink)
History of changes
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