Species Carinascincus microlepidotus (O'Shaughnessay, 1874)

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• Mocoa microlepidota 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:

   Holotype BMNH 1946.8.16.17, Van Diemens Land [= Tasmania].

  Secondary source:

   Hutchinson, M.N., Robertson, P. & Rawlinson, P.A. 1989. Redescription and ecology of the endemic Tasmanian scincid lizard Leiolopisma microlepidotum and L. pretiosum. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 123: 257–274 [261].

 

Generic Combinations

• Lamphropholis microlepidota (O'Shaughnessy, 1874). —
  Mittleman, M.B. 1952. A generic synopsis of the lizards of the subfamily Lygosominae. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117(17): 1-35 [Publication 4096] [27]
• Niveoscincus microlepidotus (O'Shaughnessay, 1874). —
  Hutchinson, M.N., Donnellan, S.C., Baverstock, P.R., Krieg, M., Simms, S. & Burgin, S. 1990. Immunological relationships and generic revision of the Australian lizards assigned to the genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Australian Journal of Zoology 38: 535-554 [544]
• Carinascincus microlepidotus (O'Shaughnessay, 1874). —
  Couper, P.J., Covacevich, J.A., Amey, A.P. & Baker, A.M. 2006. The Genera of Skinks (Family Scincidae) of Australia and its Island Territories: diversity, distribution and identification. pp. 367-384 in Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G. & Lee, M. (eds). Evolution and Zoogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Sydney : Australian Scientific Publishing Pty Ltd 942 pp. [378]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)

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. [35] (Boulder Cool-skink)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	SCINCIDAE	02-Nov-2017	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		22-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)