Genus Egernia Gray, 1838
Compiler and date details
April 2018 - A. Wells
September 2011 - Dr Paul Horner
- Egernia 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].
Type species:
Tiliqua cunninghami Gray, 1832 by monotypy. - Tropidolopisma Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1839. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 5 viii 854 pp. [Date published Nov-1839] [744].
Type species:
Tropidolopisma dumerilii Duméril & Bibron, 1839 by monotypy. - Torpidolepisma Fitzinger, L.J. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Vienna : Braümüller et Seidel i-vi, 106 pp. [22] [pro Tropidolopisma Duméril & Bibron, 1839].
- Tropidolepisma Peters, W. 1844. Eine neue Art von Tropidolepisma. Bericht der Königlisch Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1844: 36-37 [36] [?pro Tropidolopisma Duméril & Bibron, 1839].
- Silubosaurus Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxviii 289 pp. [104].
Type species:
Silubosaurus stokesii Gray, 1845 by monotypy. - Storrisaurus 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] [39].
Type species:
Storrisaurus husbandi Wells & Wellington, 1985 by original designation. - Sivascincus 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] [38].
Type species:
Egernia pilbarensis Storr, 1978 by original designation. - Contundo 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] [88].
Type species:
Tiliqua napoleonis Gray, 1839 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Mitchell, F.J. 1950. The scincid genera Egernia and Tiliqua (Lacertilia). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9: 275-308
- 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. [155]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
E Indonesia.
IBRA
Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Pilbara (PIL) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mulga Lands (ML) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Vic: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Flinders (FLI), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NT, Qld: Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP) ; WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)
General References
Gardner, M.G., Hugall, A.F., Donnellan, S.C., Hutchinson, M.N. & Foster, R. 2008. Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the Egernia group (Reptilia: Scincidae). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 154: 781-794 (Liophrolis, Lissolepis and Bellatorias, previously considered junior synonyms of Egernia, re-instated as valid genera, following molecular phylogenetic analysis)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | LACERTILIA | 08-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 07-Feb-2024 | 19-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |