Species Liopholis kintorei (Stirling & Zietz, 1893)
Great Desert Skink, Tjakura
- 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
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)
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Great Desert Skink)
History of changes
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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) |