Species Eulamprus quoyii (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Eastern Water-skink
- Scincus vittatus Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1824. Zoologie. in Freycinet, L.C.D. Voyage Autour du Monde Exécute sur l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817–1820. iv 712 pp. [178, pl. 42 fig. 1] [junior primary homonym of Scincus vittatus Olivier, 1804].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 7112–3, Neutral Bay, Port Jackson, NSW. - Lygosoma quoyii Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1839. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 5 viii 854 pp. [Date published Nov-1839] [728] [Var. A; extralimital syntype (Var. B) is specimen of Leiolopisma reveesi (Gray, 1839) (see Guibé, J. 1954. Catalogue des Types de Lézards du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris : Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 119 pp.)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 2976, Port Macquarie, NSW, Neutral Bay, NSW and Australia (var. A) and China (var. B); MNHP 2977, Australia; MNHP 7112–3, Neutral Bay. - Hinulia gastrosticta Günther, A. 1875. Reptiles. A list of saurians of Australia and New Zealand. In, Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. Vol. 2. London : E.W. Janson. [11].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.8.15.34–35, QLD, Kangaroo Is., SA and Australia; BMNH 1946.8.15.36, Australia; BMNH 1946.8.4.99, Kangaroo Is.
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. [187] (as Sphenomorphus quoyii)
Generic Combinations
- Sphenomorphus quoyii (Duméril & Bibron, 1839).
- Eulamprus quoyii (Duméril & Bibron, 1839).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Kanmantoo (KAN), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Amphibious, diurnal, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, low open woodland, open forest, tall forest, terrestrial, viviparous, woodland.
General References
King, D. 1964. The osteology of the water skink, Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) quoyii. Australian Journal of Zoology 12: 201-216
Rawlinson, P.A. 1969. East Gippsland Symposium. 7. The reptiles of East Gippsland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 82: 113-128 (taxonomy)
Spellerberg, I.F. 1972. Thermal ecology of allopatric lizards (Sphenomorphus) in southeast Australia. I. The environment and lizard critical temperatures. Oecologia (Berlin) 9: 371-383
Spellerberg, I.F. 1972. Thermal ecology of allopatric lizards (Sphenomorphus) in southeast Australia. II. Physiological aspects of thermoregulation. Oecologia (Berlin) 9: 385-398
Spellerberg, I.F. 1972. Thermal ecology of allopatric lizards (Sphenomorphus) in southeast Australia. III. Behavioural aspects of thermo-regulation. Oecologia (Berlin) 11: 1-16
Veron, J. & Heatwole, H. 1970. Temperature relations of the water skink, Sphenomorphus quoyi. Journal of Herpetology 4: 141-153
Veron, J.E.N. 1969. The reproductive cycle of the water skink, Sphenomorphus quoyi. Journal of Herpetology 3: 55-63
Weekes, H.C. 1927. Placentation and other phenomena in the scincid lizard Lygosoma (Hinulia) quoyi. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 52: 449-554 (as Lygosoma (Hinulia) quoyii)
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Eastern Water-skink)
History of changes
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