Genus Hemiergis Wagler, 1830

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• Tetradactylus Cuvier, G. 1829. Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Paris : Déterville Vol. 2, Edn 2, i-xv + pp. 1-406. [64] [ex Péron ms; junior homonym of Tetradactylus Merrem, 1820].

  Type species:

   Tetradactylus decresiensis Cuvier, 1829 by monotypy.
• Tridactylus Cuvier, G. 1829. Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Paris : Déterville Vol. 2, Edn 2, i-xv + pp. 1-406. [64] [ex Péron ms; junior homonym, non Tridactylus Lacépède, 1799].

  Type species:

   Tridactylus decresiensis Cuvier, 1829 by monotypy.
• Hemiergis Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel. München : Cotta'schen vi 354 pp. [160] [ex Péron ms].

  Type species:

   Tridactylus decresiensis Cuvier, 1829 by monotypy.
• Peromelis Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel. München : Cotta'schen vi 354 pp. [160] [ex Péron ms].

  Type species:

   Tetradactylus decresiensis Cuvier, 1829 by monotypy.
• Chelomeles 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] [774].

  Type species:

   Chelomeles quadrilineatus Duméril & Bibron, 1839 by monotypy.
• Arenicolascincus 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 species:

   Hemiergis millewae Coventry, 1976 by original designation.

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. [164]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Finke (FIN), Flinders (FLI), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; ACT, NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP) ; NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Coolgardie (COO), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Nullarbor (NUL) ; SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR) ; SA, WA: Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Tanami (TAN), Yalgoo (YAL)

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