Species Egernia kingii (Gray, 1838)

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• Tiliqua kingii 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] [290].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1946.8.9.86, Australia.
• Scincus nicitensis 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] [290] [as Scinc. nicitensis , nom. nud.; Cocteau ms name introduced in synonymy].
• Tropidolopisma dumerillii 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] [745, pl. 50].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP 3001 (var.A; locality presumably in error; original type locality encompassing all syntypes cited as from 'différents points de la Nouvelle-Hollande'), Kangaroo Is., SA (Île Decrés, Océanie); MNHP 1242, 3003 (var.C), Australia (New Holland); MNHP 7126 2 specimens (var.B), Australia (New Holland); MNHP 7127 (var.B), King Georges Sound, WA (Port du Roi Georges); MNHP 7128 4 specimens (remaining syntype referred to Egernia pulchra (Werner, 1910)), King Georges Sound, WA (Port du Roi Georges).

  Type locality references:

  Guibé, J. 1954. Catalogue des Types de Lézards du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris : Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 119 pp.
• Scincus aterrimus 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] [745] [nom. nud., Péron ms name introduced in synonymy].
• Scincus nuittensis 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] [745] [nom. nud., Péron ms name introduced in synonymy].
• Scincus trifasciatus 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] [745] [nom. nud., Péron ms name introduced in synonymy].
• Tropidolepisma nitida Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxviii 289 pp. [106].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 43.5.11.2, West Australia (original description cites Australia).

 

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

• Egernia kingii (Gray, 1838).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, open forest, open heath, viviparous.

 

General References

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. (King's Skink)

 

History of changes

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07-Feb-2024		21-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)