Species Ophidiocephalus taeniatus Lucas & Frost, 1897
Bronzeback
- Ophidiocephalus taeniatus Lucas, A.H.S. & Frost, C. 1897. Descriptions of two new species of lizards from central Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 9: 54-56 [54] [as O. taeniatus].
Type data:
Holotype NMV 11761, Charlotte Waters, NT.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, SA: Finke (FIN), Stony Plains (STP)
Ecological Descriptors
Crepuscular, fossorial, low shrubland, nocturnal, oviparous, tussock grassland.
General References
Ehmann, H. 1981. The natural history and conservation of the bronzeback (Ophidiocephalus taeniatus Lucas and Frost) (Lacertilia, Pygopodidae). pp. 7-13 in Banks, C.B. & Martin, A.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Melbourne Herpetological Symposium, 1980. Melbourne : Zoological Board of Victoria pp. 44-54. (natural history)
Kluge, A.G. 1974. A taxonomic revision of the lizard family Pygopodidae. Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 147: 1-221
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Bronzeback)
History of changes
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