Species Eremiascincus richardsonii (Gray, 1845)
Broad-banded Sand-swimmer
- Hinulia richardsonii Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxviii 289 pp. [271].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1946.8.3.14, Houtman's Abrolhos, WA. - Lygosoma monotropis Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). 3. London : British Museum xii 575 pp. 40 pls. [237, pl. 144 fig. 2].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.8.26.12–13, Champion Bay, WA; BMNH 1946.8.5.45, WA. - Hinulia ambigua De Vis, C.W. 1888. A contribution to the herpetology of Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 2: 811-826 [817].
Type data:
Holotype QM J242, Charleville, QLD.
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. [163]
Generic Combinations
- Eremiascincus richardsonii (Gray, 1845).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Desert, fossorial, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, low open woodland, low shrubland, low woodland, nocturnal, open scrub, oviparous, tall shrubland, tussock grassland, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Sand swimming.
General References
Greer, A.E. 1979. Eremiascincus, a new generic name for some Australian sand swimming skinks (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Australian Museum 32: 321-338 (taxonomy)
Storr, G.M. 1974. Revision of the Sphenomorphus richardsonii species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 3: 66-70 (taxonomy)
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Broad-banded Sand-swimmer)
History of changes
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 21-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |