Species Glaphyromorphus crassicaudus (Duméril & Duméril, 1851)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lygosoma crassicaudum Duméril, A.M.C. & Duméril, A. 1851. Catalogue Méthodique de la Collection des Reptiles. Paris : Mus. Hist. Nat. iv 224 pp. [172] [pl. 4 fig. 1 in Jacquinot, J. & Guichenot, M.A. 1853. Reptiles et Poissons. In, Dumont d'Urville, M.J. (ed). Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Astrolabe et la Zélée, éxecuté pendant les années 1837–40. Zoologie 3 1–28. Paris : Gide et Baudry; as L. crassicaudum].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 2979, Oceania (original description cites Australia and Oceania).

  Secondary source:

   Jacquinot, J. & Guichenot, M.A. 1853. Reptiles et Poissons. In, Dumont d'Urville, M.J. (ed.). Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Astrolabe et la Zélée, éxecuté pendant les années 1837–40. Zoologie. Paris : Gide et Baudry Vol. 3 28 pp.

 

Generic Combinations

• Glaphyromorphus crassicaudus (Duméril & Duméril, 1851). —
  Cogger, H.G. 1992. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 5, 775 pp. [with revised Appendix] [492]
• Sphenomorphus crassicaudus (Duméril & Duméril, 1851). —
  Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [184]
• Glaphyromorphus crassicaudus crassicaudus (Duméril & Duméril, 1851).
• Sphenomorphus crassicaudus crassicaudus (Duméril & Duméril, 1851). —
  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

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital in New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, nocturnal, tall open shrubland, woodland.

 

General References

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. [184] (subspecies not identified in Cogger et al. (1983: 184), in which Sphenomorphus crassicaudus was recognised as the valid name and Cogger listed synonyms)

Cogger, H.G. & Lindner, D.A. 1974. Frogs and reptiles in fauna survey of the Port Essington District, Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory of Australia. In Frith, H.J. & Calaby, J.H. (eds) CSIRO Div. Wildl. Res. Tech. Pap. 28: 63–107. (taxonomy)

Storr, G.M. 1974. Revision of the Sphenomorphus richardsonii species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 3: 66-70 (taxonomy)

Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2003. A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia. Australia : Holland 448 pp.

 

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] (Cape York Mulch-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	LACERTILIA	21-Nov-2022	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)