Species Liopholis inornata (Rosén, 1905)
Desert Skink
- Egernia inornata Rosén, N. 1905. List of lizards in the Zoological Museum of Lund, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 129-142 [139, pl. 7(2) fig. 3].
Type data:
Holotype ZMLU Cat. Typ. Nr. 279, W Australia. - Flamoscincus webberi 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] [28].
Type data:
Holotype AM R116953 (previously AMF 16794), Yathong Nature Reserve, near Cobar, NSW [32°26'S 145°30'E].
Generic Combinations
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, desert, diurnal, low open shrubland, low shrubland, low woodland, tall shrubland, viviparous.
General References
Mitchell, F.J. 1950. The scincid genera Egernia and Tiliqua (Lacertilia). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9: 275-308 (taxonomy)
Pianka, E.R. & Giles, W.F. 1982. Notes on the biology of two species of nocturnal skinks, Egernia inornata and Egernia striata, in the Great Victoria Desert. Western Australian Naturalist 15: 8-13
Storr, G.M. 1968. Revision of the Egernia whitei species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 51: 51-62 (taxonomy)
Storr, G.M. 1978. The genus Egernia (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6: 147-187 (taxonomy)
Webber, P. 1979. Burrow density, position and relationship of burrows to vegetation coverage shown by Rosén's desert skink Egernia inornata (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Herpetofauna 10: 16-20
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Desert Skink)
History of changes
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