Species Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae (De Vis, 1890)
Prickly Forest Skink
- Tropidophorus queenslandiae De Vis, C.W. 1890. Descriptions of two lizards of genera new to Australian herpetology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4: 1034-1036 [1889 on title page] [1034].
Type data:
Syntype(s) QM J233, Bellenden Ker, QLD; QM J252, Bellenden Ker, QLD; QM J19744–19751 (7 of these 8 specimens are syntypes according to Covacevich, J. 1971. Amphibian and reptile type specimens in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 49–68), Bellenden Ker, QLD; QM (not found), Herberton, Qld.
Generic Combinations
- Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae (De Vis, 1890).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, crepuscular, nocturnal, rotting wood, terrestrial, viviparous.
General References
Greer, A.E. 1979. A phylogenetic subdivision of Australian skinks. Records of the Australian Museum 32: 339-371 (taxonomy)
Greer, A.E. 1980. Critical thermal maximum temperatures in Australian scincid lizards: their ecological and evolutionary significance. Australian Journal of Zoology 28: 91-102
Naylor, L.M. 1980. The maintenance of a group of prickly forest skinks (Tropidophorus queenslandiae de Vis), in captivity. Thylacinus, Journal of the Australian Society of Zookeepers 5: 5-6 (natural history)
Sumner, J., Jessop, T., Paetkau, D. & Moritz, C. 2004. Limited effect of anthropogenic habitat fragmentation on molecular diversity in a rainforest skink, Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae. Molecular Ecology 13: 259–269
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] (Prickly Forest Skink)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 21-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |