Species Anomalopus verreauxii Duméril & Duméril, 1851
Three-clawed Worm-skink
- Anomalopus verreauxii Duméril, A.M.C. & Duméril, A. 1851. Catalogue Méthodique de la Collection des Reptiles. Paris : Mus. Hist. Nat. iv 224 pp. [185].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 3047, TAS (in error). - Siaphus simplex Cope, E.D. 1864. On the characters of the higher groups of Reptilia-Squamata and especially of the Diploglossa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1864: 224-231 [229] [as S. simplex].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Australia. - Anomalopus godeffroyi Peters, W. 1867. Herpetologische notizen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 13-37 [1868 on title page] [24].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB 5296–7, East Australia. - Chelomeles pseudopus Günther, A. 1873. Notes on and descriptions of some lizards with rudimentary limbs, in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 12: 145-146 [145].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1946.8.3.59, locality unknown.
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]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, fossorial, oviparous, tall forest.
General References
Dale, D.F. 1973. Forty Queensland Lizards. Brisbane : Queensland Museum 64 pp. (natural history)
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] (Three-clawed Worm-skink)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |