Species Egernia depressa (Günther, 1875)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Silubosaurus depressus Günther, A. 1875. Reptiles. A list of saurians of Australia and New Zealand. In, Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. Vol. 2. London : E.W. Janson. [15].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.8.18.41–42, S interior of WA (as Swan River).

  Type locality references:

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

 

Generic Combinations

• Egernia depressa (Günther, 1875).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Central Ranges (CR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Desert, diurnal, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, saxicoline, tall shrubland, viviparous.

 

General References

Kay, K. 1980. Notes on the pygmy spinny tailed skink, Egernia depressa (Günther) in captivity. Herpetofauna 11: 29

Mitchell, F.J. 1950. The scincid genera Egernia and Tiliqua (Lacertilia). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9: 275-308 (taxonomy)

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. (Pygmy Spiny-tailed 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
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