Species Saproscincus mustelinus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874)
Weasel Skink
- Mocoa mustelina 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 [299].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.8.16.78, NSW and Sydney, NSW (original description cites only NSW); BMNH 1946.8.16.86, Sydney; BMNH 1946.8.17.16, NSW. - Lygosoma (Mocoa) orichalceum Boettger, O. 1878. Studien über neue oder wenig bekannte Eidechsen. I. Offenbacher Verein für Naturkunde, Berlin 17–18: 1-12 [2, pl. 1 fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype SMF 14675, Australia. - Lygosoma (Mocoa) sonderi Peters, W. 1878. (Über zwei Scincoiden aus Australien und einer neuen Amphisbaena von West Africa). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1878: 191-193 [191].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 9374, Port Phillip, VIC. - Lygosoma (Mocoa) lacrymans Peters, W. & Doria, G. 1878. Catalogo dei Rettili e dei Batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L.M. d'Albertis A.A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione Austro-Malese. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 13: 323-450 [348].
Type data:
Holotype MCG C.E. 27967, Mt Victoria, NSW. - Lygosoma (Liolepisma) pseudotropis Werner, F. 1903. Neue Reptilien und Batrachier aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Brussel. Zoologischer Anzeiger 26: 246-253 [247] [junior homonym of Mocoa pseudotropis Günther, 1875].
Type data:
Holotype RIB 1105, NSW. - Lygosoma paraeneum Ahl, E. 1925. Herpetologische notizen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 65: 18-20 [20] [nom.nov. for Lygosoma (Liolepisma) pseudotropis Werner, 1903].
- Saproscincus ritchiei 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] [38].
Type data:
Holotype AM R116962 (previously AMF 16645), 1.6 km W of 'The Flags' via Walcha, NSW.
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. [168]
Generic Combinations
- Lampropholis mustelina (O'Shaughnessy, 1874).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Diurnal, low open woodland, open forest, oviparous, tall forest, woodland.
General References
Spellerberg, I.F. 1972. Temperature tolerances of southeast Australian reptiles examined in relation to reptile thermoregulation behaviour and distribution. Oecologia (Berlin) 9: 23-46
Wells, R. 1979. A large aggregation of skink eggs. Herpetofauna 11: 19-20
Common Name References
History of changes
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