Species Anomalopus leuckartii (Weinland, 1862)

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• Brachymeles leuckartii Weinland, D.F. 1862. Beschreibung und Abbildung von drei neuen Sauriern. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 4: 131-143 [140, pl. 5 fig. 3] [treated as nom. oblit by Cogger et al. (1983: 135), subsequently treated as the valid name by Clayton et al. (2006)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) GZM 2 specimens, Australia.
• Anomalopus lentiginosus De Vis, C.W. 1888. A contribution to the herpetology of Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 2: 811-826 [823].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) QM (not found, see Covacevich, J. 1971. Amphibian and reptile type specimens in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 49–68), Brisbane, QLD.
• Lygosoma verreauxii biunguiculata Oudemans, J.T. 1894. Eidechsen und Schildkröten In Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und den Malayischen Archipel. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5 pp. 127-146. [145].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA 11398–9, Burnett River, QLD.
• Lygosoma bancrofti Longman, H.A. 1916. Snakes and lizards from Queensland and the Northern Territory. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 5: 46-51 [49].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM J2560, Gyranda, Dawson River (as Upper Dawson River), QLD.
• Lygosoma verreauxii biungulata Zietz, F.R. 1920. Catalogue of Australian lizards. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 1: 181-228 [219] [lapsus for Lygosoma verreauxii biunguiculata Oudemans, 1894].
• Lygosoma bankrofti Zietz, F.R. 1920. Catalogue of Australian lizards. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 1: 181-228 [219] [lapsus for Lygosoma bancrofti Longman, 1916].
• Anaomalopus bellamii 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] [23].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R116950 (previously AMF 16860), Kandos, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91 [58].

 

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. [136]

 

Generic Combinations

• Anomalopus leuckartii (Weinland, 1862).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, fossorial, low open woodland, low woodland, open forest, oviparous, woodland.

 

General 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.

Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [135]

Greer, A.E. 1980. Critical thermal maximum temperatures in Australian scincid lizards: their ecological and evolutionary significance. Australian Journal of Zoology 28: 91-102

 

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. [23] (Two-clawed Worm-skink)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		28-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)