Genus Calyptotis De Vis, 1886

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• Calyptotis De Vis, C.W. 1886. On a lizard and three species of Salarias etc. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 2: 56-60 [1885 on title page] [57].

  Type species:

   Calyptotis flaviventer De Vis, 1886 (= Lygosoma scutirostrum Peters, 1873) by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Torkkola, J.J., Worthington Wilmer, J., Hutchinson, M.N., Couper, P.J. & Oliver, P.M. 2022. Die on this hill? A new monotypic, microendemic and montane vertebrate genus from the Australian Wet Tropics. Zoologica Scripta 51(5): 483-497 [Supplementary Material S7, no page numbers] (redefinition).
• Calyptotus 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] [24] [lapsus for Calyptotis].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC) ; NSW, Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

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