Species Egernia striolata (Peters, 1870)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tropidolepisma striolatum Peters, W. 1870. Eine Mitteilung über neue Amphibien (Hemidactylus, Urosaura, Tropidolepisma ...) des Königlich Zoologischen Museum. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1870: 641-652 [1871 on title page] [642].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 6925, Lake Elphinstone, QLD.
• Tropidolepisma dorsale Peters, W. 1873. Mitteilung über neue Saurier (Spoeriodactylus, Anolis, Phrynosoma, Tropidolepisma, Lygosoma, Ophioscincus) aus Centralamerica, Mexico und Australien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1873: 738-747 [1874 on title page] [743].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 7512, Port Clinton (as Port Bowen), QLD.
• Sivascincus wrani 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] [38].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R116954 (previously AMF 28706), Dangar Bridge, Barwon River, Walgett, 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 [63].

 

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. [161]

 

Generic Combinations

• Egernia striolata (Peters, 1870).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, low open woodland, low shrubland, low woodland, open forest, open scrub, tall shrubland, viviparous, woodland.

 

General References

Bustard, H.R. 1970. A population study of the scincid lizard Egernia striolata in northern New South Wales. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Wetenschappen 73C: 186-213

Cogger, H.G. 1960. The ecology, morphology, distribution and speciation of a new species and subspecies of the genus Egernia (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Australian Museum 25: 95-105 (taxonomy)

Matz, G. 1979. Les scinques australians. 3. Observations sur la reproduction de Egernia Gray. Aquarama 13: 43-44

 

Common Name References

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [29] (Tree Skink)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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)