Species Cyclodomorphus melanops (Stirling & Zietz, 1893)
Spinifex Slender Blue-tongue
- Lygosoma gastrostigma Boulenger, G.A. 1898. Third report on additions to the collection of lizards in the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 912-923 [918, 922, pl. 57 fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1946.8.9.87, Sherlock River, Nickol Bay, WA. - Lygosoma (Homolepida) woodjonesii Procter, J.B. 1923. The flora and fauna of Nuyts Archipelago and the Investigator group. 5. The lizards. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 79-81 [80].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.8.17.97–99 3 adults, 2 embryos, St Francis Is., SA. - Lygosoma (Lygosoma) mulleri Peters, W. 1878. (Über zwei Scincoiden aus Australien und einer neuen Amphisbaena von West Africa). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1878: 191-193 [191] [junior homonym of Scincus mulleri Schlegel, 1837].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB 9373, 'Süd-Australien'. - Lygosoma (Homolepida) petersi Sternfeld, R. 1919. Neue Schlangen und Echsen aus Zentralaustralien. Senckenbergiana Biologica 1: 76-83 [81] [nom.nov. for Lygosoma mulleri Peters, 1878; but redescription based on specimens of Tiliqua branchialis from Hermannsburg Mission, Upper Finke River, NT].
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. [189] (as junior synonyms of Tiliqua branchialis (Günther, 1867))
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Desert, hummock grassland, terrestrial.
General References
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. [189] (as junior synonym of Tiliqua branchialis (Günther, 1867), together with Lygosoma (Homolepida) woodjonesii)
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. [28] (Spinifex Slender Blue-tongue)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 21-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |