Species Oligosoma lichenigerum (O'Shaughnessy, 1874)

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External Links

• Mocoa lichenigera O'Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1874. A description of a new species of Scincidae in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 13: 298-301 [298].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1946.8.16.27, Lord Howe Is.
• Vaderscincus coynei 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] [40].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R80454, Philip Island, Norfolk Island Group, Australia.

  Secondary source:

   Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91 [64].

 

Generic Combinations

• Oligosoma lichenigera (O'Shaughnessy, 1874). —
  CHapple, D.G., Ritchie, P.A. & Daugherty, C.H. 2009. Origin, diversification, and systematics of the New Zealand skink fauna (Reptilia: Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52(2): 470-478
• Leiolopisma lichenigerum (O'Shaughnessy, 1874). —
  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. [169]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Occurs only on Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island and their small satellite islands.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. [667]

 

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. [36] (Lord Howe Island Skink)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	SCINCIDAE	13-Oct-2020	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		22-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)