Species Lampropholis delicata (De Vis, 1888)
Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink
- Mocoa delicata De Vis, C.W. 1888. A contribution to the herpetology of Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 2: 811-826 [820].
Type data:
Holotype QM (presumed lost), Warro Station, Port Curtis (as Warro, Central Queensland), QLD. - Lampropholis longleyi 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] [31].
Type data:
Holotype AM R116960 (previously AMF 16707), 1.6 km S of 'The Flags', via Walcha, NSW.
Generic Combinations
- Lampropholis delicata (De Vis, 1888). —
Clarke, C.J. 1965. A comparison between some Australian five-fingered lizards of the genus Leiolopisma Duméril and Bibron (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 13: 577-592
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Introduced to Lord Howe Island, New Zealand and Hawaii
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Diurnal, low open woodland, open forest, open scrub, oviparous, tall forest, terrestrial, woodland.
General References
Baker, J.K. 1979. The rainbow skink, Lampropholis delicata, in Hawaii. Pacific Science 33: 207-212
Clarke, C.J. 1965. A comparison between some Australian five-fingered lizards of the genus Leiolopisma Duméril and Bibron (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 13: 577-592 (taxonomy)
Crome, B. 1981. The diet of some ground-layer lizards in three woodlands of the New England Tableland of Australia. Herpetofauna 13: 4-11
Humphreys, W.F. 1976. Spider induced egg mortality in a skink population. Copeia 1976: 404
Wells, R. 1981. Utilisation of the same site for communal egg-laying by Lampropholis delicata and L. guichenoti. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1: 35-36
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. [32] (Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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07-Feb-2024 | SQUAMATA | 26-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | |
07-Feb-2024 | 21-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |