Species Liopholis multiscutata (Mitchell & Behrndt, 1949)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Egernia whitii multiscutata Mitchell, F.J. & Behrndt, A.C. 1949. Fauna and flora of the Greenly Islands. Part I. Introductory narrative and vertebrate fauna. (Reptiles. 175–178). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9: 167-179 [176, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA R2636, Greenly Is., SA.
• Egernia bos Storr, G.M. 1960. Egernia bos, a new skink from the south coast of Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 7: 99-103 fig. 2.

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM WAMR10751, Cheyne Beach, 32 mi E of Albany, W.A.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Donnellan, S.C, Hutchinson, M.N., Dempsey, P. & Osborne, W.S. 2002. Systematics of the Egernia whitii species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 50: 439-459

 

Generic Combinations

• Liopholis multiscutata (Mitchell & Behrndt, 1949). —
  Gardner, M.G., Hugall, A.F., Donnellan, S.C., Hutchinson, M.N. & Foster, R. 2008. Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the Egernia group (Reptilia: Scincidae). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 154: 781-794 [791]
• Egernia multiscutata Mitchell & Behrndt, 1949.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Hampton (HAM), Mallee (MAL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, open forest, open heath, open scrub, woodland.

 

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. [158] (subspecies not identified in Cogger et al. (1983: 158), in which Egernia multiscutata was recognised as the valid name and Cogger listed synonyms)

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)

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. [29] (Southern Sand-skink)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)