Species Eremiascincus isolepis (Boulenger, 1887)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lygosoma isolepis Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). 3. London : British Museum xii 575 pp. 40 pls. [234, pl. 15 fig. 1].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.8.3.45–46, Nickol Bay and Swan River, WA (the latter in error, see Storr (1967)); BMNH 1946.8.17.14, Nickol Bay; whereabouts unknown, Nickol Bay and/or Swan River, WA.

  Type locality references:

  Storr, G.M. 1967. The genus Sphenomorphus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 50: 10-20.
• Lygosoma (Hinulia) isolepis foresti Kinghorn, J.R. 1932. Herpetological Notes. 4. Records of the Australian Museum 18: 355-363 [358].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R10001, Forrest (as Forest) River, East Kimberley, WA.

 

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. [185] (as Sphenomorphus isolepis)

 

Generic Combinations

• Glaphyromorphus isolepis (Boulenger, 1887).
• Eremiascincus isolepis (Boulenger, 1887). —
  Mecke, S., Doughty, P. & Donnellan, S.C. 2009. A new species of Eremiascincus (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from the Great Sandy Desert and Pilbara Coast, Western Australia and reassignment of eight species from Glaphyromorphus to Eremiascincus. Zootaxa 2246: 1-20 [6] (transferred from Glaphyromorphus)
• Sphenomorphus isolepis (Boulenger, 1887).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Nocturnal, open forest, terrestrial, woodland.

 

General References

Storr, G.M. 1972. Revisionary notes on the Sphenomorphus isolepis complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 47: 1-5 (taxonomy)

 

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. [31] (Northern Bar-lipped Skink)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		21-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
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