Genus Notoscincus Fuhn, 1969

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• Notoscincus Fuhn, I.E. 1969. The "polyphyletic" origin of the genus Ablepharus (Reptilia: Scincidae). A case of parallel evolution. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 7: 67-76 [72].

  Type species:

   Ablepharus wotjulum Glauert, 1959 by subsequent designation, see Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 31: 1-67.

Introduction

Wells & Wellington (1985: 36) introduced a species as Notoscincus watersi, however, the name was considered a nomen nudum by Shea and Sadlier (1999), who still recognised the taxonomic distinction of the taxon, but in the absence of a formal diagnosis or description, treated it as innominate. The name was based on material from Alice Springs, listed as 'Holotype AM R84555, 50 km S Alice Springs, NT [24º05'S 133º35'E]'. See Greer (1989: 62).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

General References

Greer, A.E. 1989. The Biology and Ecology of Australian Lizards. Chipping Norton : Surrey Beatty and Sons 264 pp.

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]

History of changes