Subspecies Tiliqua rugosa rugosa (Gray, 1825)

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• Trachydosaurus rugosus Gray, J.E. 1825. A synopsis of the genera of Reptiles and Amphibia, with a description of some new species. Annals of Philosophy 2 10: 193-217 [201].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1946.8.5.1, no locality specified in original description; (King George's Sound, WA, see Gray (1826)).

  Type locality references:

  Gray, J.E. 1826. Reptilia. Appendix. pp. 424-434 in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; with Appendix B. London : John Murray Vol. 2 viii 637 pp., 9 pls. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827] [1827 on title page].
• Scincus peronii Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel. München : Cotta'schen vi 354 pp. [163] [nom. nud.; Duméril ms name introduced in synonymy].
• Trachysaurus peronii Wagler, J.G. 1833. Descriptiones et Icones Amphibiorum. Part III. Plates XXV–XXXVI. Stuttgartiae, Tubingae, Monachii : J.G. Cottae. [pl. 36, and accompanying text] [nom.nov. for Trachydosaurus rugosus Gray, 1825 (as Trachydosaurus rugosus Gray, 1827)].
• Brachydactylus typicus Smith, A. 1834. A saurian reptile from Swan River. South African Quarterly Journal 2: 143-144 [144, fig.].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH (stuffed, unnumbered), Swan River, WA.
• Scincus pachyurus Gray, J.E. 1838. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. (contd.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2: 287-293 [1839 on title page] [288] [nom. nud.; Péron ms name introduced in synonymy of T. rugosus but Péron's specimen was from Parramatta and is more likely to have been Tiliqua scincoides].

Generic Combinations

• Tiliqua rugosa rugosa (Gray, 1825).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Ecological Descriptors

Desert, diurnal, low open shrubland, low open woodland, low shrubland, low woodland, omnivore, open forest, open heath, open scrub, terrestrial, tussock grassland, viviparous, woodland.

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