Species Eugongylus rufescens (Shaw, 1802)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scincus aurata Schneider, J.G. 1801. Historiae Amphibiorum Naturalis et Literariae. Jena : Frommani Fasc. 2 vi 374 pp. [176] [original description based in part on specimens from Indo-Australian region].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (New World syntypes have been referred to Mabuya aurata (Schneider, 1801) and Mabuya sloanii (Daubin, 1802); Cogger, H.G. 1983. in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. Amphibia and Reptiles. In Walton, D.W. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 1. Netley, South Australia : Griffin Press Ltd. vi 313 pp. not aware of any lectotype or neotype designation), Surinam.
• Lacerta rufescens Shaw, G. 1802. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol. 3 Pt. 1. Amphibia. London : Kearsley 312 pp. [285] [composite type series based, at least in part, on literature records; for extralimital taxa included in type series see Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). 3. London : British Museum xii 575 pp. 40 pls].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, 'Arabia, Egypt, and some European islands including Cyprus'.

  Secondary source:

   Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). 3. London : British Museum xii 575 pp. 40 pls.
• Eumeces oppelii 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] [656].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP 1243, New Guinea; MNHP 2918.
• Mabouia macrura Günther, A. 1867. Additions to the knowledge of Australian reptiles and fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 20(8): 45-68 [48].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1946.8.13.73, Cape York, QLD.
• Eumeces uniformis Meyer, A.B. 1874. Eine mitteilung von Hrn. Dr. Adolf Bernhard Meyer über die von ihm auf Neu-Guinea den Inseln Jobi, Mysore und Mafoor im Jahr 1873 gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 128-140 [1875 on title page] [133].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MTKD 242–243 (destroyed, see Obst, F.J. 1977. Die Herpetologische Sammlung des Staatlichen Museums für Tierkunde Dresden und ihre Typusexemplare. Zool. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 34: 171–186), Mafoor, New Guinea.
• Eumeces brunneus Macleay, W. 1877. The lizards of the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 60-69 [1878 on title page] [65].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM R31864–6, Darnley Is., Torres Strait, QLD.
• Mabouia uniformis Macleay, W. 1877. The lizards of the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 60-69 [1878 on title page] [65] [junior secondary homonym of Eumeces uniformis Meyer, 1874].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R31867, Coconut Is., Torres Strait, QLD.
• Euprepes (Tiliqua) cingulatus Peters, W. & Doria, G. 1878. Catalogo dei Rettili e dei Batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L.M. d'Albertis A.A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione Austro-Malese. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 13: 323-450 [352].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCG C.E. 27904, Mansinam, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

 

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. [164]

 

Generic Combinations

• Eugongylus rufescens (Shaw, 1802).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital in New Guinea and the Moluccas

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, woodland.

 

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. [30] (Bar-lipped Sheen-skink)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-May-2023	SCINCIDAE	23-Aug-2023	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		21-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)