Species Coeranoscincus frontalis (De Vis, 1888)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophioscincus frontalis 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 J243, Innisfail (as Geraldton), QLD; QM J11499; QM J19737–41.

 

Generic Combinations

• Anomalopus frontalis (De Vis, 1888). —
  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]
• Coeranoscincus frontalis (De Vis, 1888). —
  Greer, A.E. & Cogger, H.G. 1985. Systematics of the reduce-limbed and limbless skinks currently assigned to the genus Anomalopus (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Australian Museum 37(1): 11-54 [44]
• Saiphos frontalis (De Vis, 1888). —
  Skinner, A., Hutchinson, M.N. & Lee, M.S.Y. 2013. Phylogeny and divergence times of Australian Sphenomorphus group skinks (Scincidae, Squamata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69(3): 906-918 [914]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, closed forest, fossorial, oviparous, tall forest.

 

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. [24] (Limbless Snake-tooth Skink)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	SCINCIDAE	12-May-2017	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	SCINCIDAE	15-Apr-2015	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)