Species Lampropholis bellendenkerensis Singhal, Hoskin, Couper, Potter & Moritz, 2018

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lampropholis bellendenkerensis Singhal, S., Hoskin, C.J., Couper, P., Potter, S. & Moritz, C. 2018. A framework for resolving cryptic species: a case study from the lizards of the Australian wet tropics. Systematic Biology 67(6): 1061-1075 [1069, A8] (full description in Appendix 1, pA8 (Supplementary Material to publication)).
  Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C721A396-F4A2-4205-A7FE-ED8FC8F90FAD

  Type data:

   Holotype QM J39855, Bellenden Ker Range, QLD [17° 20' S, 145° 52' E].
  Paratype(s) QM various n=16, various locations.

 

Introduction

Previously recognised as L. robertsi but separated as a cryptic species by Singhal et al. (2018). Can only be reliably separated from L. robertsi by genetic analysis or distribution, see SInghal et al. (2018) for details.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Uplands of the Bellenden Ker Range (Mt Bellenden Ker and Mt Bartle Frere) and highest areas of the southern Atherton Tablelands; all records from above 900 m elevation

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	Lampropholis Fitzinger, 1843	13-Oct-2020	ADDED