Species Hemiergis millewae Coventry, 1976

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hemiergis millewae Coventry, A.J. 1976. A new species of Hemiergis (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 37: 23-26 [23, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV D47410, Millewa South bore, VIC [34°56'28˜S 141°4'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Arenicolascincus millewae (Coventry, 1976). —
  Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [23]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southeastern WA to far west VIC and NSW

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Coolgardie (COO), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nullarbor (NUL)

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, open scrub.

 

General References

Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. [575]

Storr, G.M., Smith, L.A. & Johnstone, R.E. 1981. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Perth : University of Western Australia Press and Western Australian Museum 200 pp. (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] (Triodia Earless Skink)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	Hemiergis Wagler, 1830	23-Sep-2020	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)