Species Liopholis kintorei (Stirling & Zietz, 1893)

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External Links

• Egernia kintorei Stirling, E.C. & Zietz, A. 1893. Vertebrata; Reptilia (collected by the Elder Exploring Expedition). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 16: 159-176 [171].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA R2925, South of Barrow Range, Victoria Desert, WA.
• Egernia dahlii Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Description of four new lizards from Roebuck Bay, north Western Australia obtained by Dr. Dahl, for the Christiania Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 18: 232-235 [233].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.8.21.95, Roebuck Bay, WA; UZMO K2007.

 

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. [157]

 

Generic Combinations

• Liopholis kintorei (Stirling & Zietz, 1893). —
  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 [791]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Central Ranges (CR), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Tanami (TAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, desert, diurnal, low open shrubland, viviparous.

 

General References

Storr, G.M. 1978. The genus Egernia (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6: 147-187 (taxonomy)

Storr, G.M., Smith, L.A. & Johnstone, R.E. 1981. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Perth : University of Western Australia Press and Western Australian Museum 200 pp. (taxonomy)

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Great Desert Skink)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	SQUAMATA	25-Aug-2024	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		21-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)