Species Bellatorias frerei (Günther, 1897)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Egernia frerei Günther, A. 1897. Description of new species of lizards and of a tree frog from north-eastern Queensland. Novitates Zoologicae 4: 403-406 [405].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Mt Bartle Frere, QLD.
• Hortonia oakesi 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] [30].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R93203, Wipim, Western District, Papua New Guinea [08°55'S 142°55'E].

  Secondary source:

   Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91 [61].
• Hortonia shinei 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] [31].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R116994 (previously AMF 28457), Park Beach, Coffs Harbour, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91 [61].

 

Generic Combinations

• Bellatorias frerei (Günther, 1897). —
  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

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cape York Peninsula and Torres Strait Islands, QLD, south through eastern QLD to north-eastern NSW; also southern New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, diurnal, open forest, tall forest, tall open shrubland, viviparous, woodland.

 

General References

Johnson, C.R. 1977. Thermoregulation in four Australian lizards of the genus Egernia (Sauria: Scincidae). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 60: 381-390 (as Egernia major)

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

Swanson, S. 1979. Some rock-dwelling reptiles of the Arnhem Land escarpment. Northern Territory Naturalist 1: 14-18 (natural history)

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-May-2023	SCINCIDAE	24-Aug-2023	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)