Species Lerista timida De Vis, 1888

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• Ablepharus timidus De Vis, 1888.

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) QM QMJ235, Charleville, Queensland; QM QMJ13601, Charleville, Queensland.

  Type locality references:

  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.
• Ablepharus rhodonoides Lucas, A.H.S. & Frost, C. 1896. Description of a new species of Ablepharus from Victoria, with critical notes on two other Australian lizards. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21: 281-283 [281].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM R4156, Mildura, VIC; whereabouts unknown (presumed lost).
• Lygosoma (Rhodona) goerlingi Ahl, E. 1935. Beschreibung einer neuen Eidechse aus West australien. Zoologischer Anzeiger 112: 204-205 [204] [synonymy with Lerista muelleri (Fischer, 1881) in doubt].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 35352 (not found), Wurarga, Marloo Stations, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Smith, L.A. & Adams, M. 2007. Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(4): 309-357 [http://www.calodema.com/freefiles/wells/AUSTRALIANBIODIVERSITYRECORD2012(1).pdf] [333] (both names removed from synonymy under Lerista muelleri, see record for L. muelleri for further information)
• Hutchinson, M. 2008. Nomenclature of the scincid lizards belonging to eastern Australian populations formerly assigned to Lerista muelleri (Fischer, 1881). Herpetofauna 38(1): 39-40

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Stony Plains (STP)

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. [175] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as junior synonyms of Lerista muelleri)

Smith, L.A. & Adams, M. 2007. Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(4): 309-357 [http://www.calodema.com/freefiles/wells/AUSTRALIANBIODIVERSITYRECORD2012(1).pdf] [333] (diagnosis, redescription, details of distribution in Western Australia)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		24-Sep-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)