Species Lissolepis luctuosa (Peters, 1866)
Western Mourning Skink
- Cyclodus (Omolepida) luctuosus Peters, W. 1866. Eine Mitteilung über neue Amphibien (Amphibolurus, Lygosoma, Cyclodus, Masticophis, Crotaphopeltis) und Fische (Diagramma, Hapalogenys) des Kgl. zoologischen Museums. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866: 86-96 [1867 on title page] [90].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 5380, King George's Sound, WA. - Egernia lauta 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 [813].
Type data:
Holotype QM J249, QLD (in error).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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]
Generic Combinations
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)
Ecological Descriptors
Diurnal, open forest, viviparous.
General References
Storr, G.M. 1978. The genus Egernia (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6: 147-187 (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] (Western Mourning Skink)
History of changes
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