Species Subdoluseps bowringii (Günther, 1864)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eumeces bowringii Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London : Royal Society xxvii 444 pp. [91].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1946.8.18.82, Hong Kong.
• Euprepes (Riopa) punctatolineatus Peters, W. 1871. Mitteilung über neue Eidechsen (Egernia krefftii, Euprepes (Riopa) punctatolineatus). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1871: 30-32 [1872 on title page] [30] [errore for Euprepes (Riopa) punctatostriatus Peters, 1871].
• Euprepes (Riopa) punctatostriatus Peters, W. 1871. Mitteilung über neue Eidechsen (Egernia krefftii, Euprepes (Riopa) punctatolineatus). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1871: 30-32 [1872 on title page] [31].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 7013, Singapore.

  Type locality references:

  Smith, M.A. 1935. The Fauna of British India; including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II. Sauria. London : Taylor & Francis xiv 440 pp.
• Lygosoma comotti Boulenger, G.A. 1887. An account of the scincoid lizards collected in Burma, for the Genoa Civic Museum, by Mrs G.B. Comotti and L. Sea. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2 4: 618-624 [622].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCG 6637, Minhla, Burma.
• Lygosoma whiteheadi Mocquard F. 1890. Dragnoses d'espèces nouvelles de Reptiles et de Batrachians des îles Bornéo et Palarvan. Le Naturaliste 12: 144-145 [144].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 89–316, Kina-Balu, Borneo.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Smith, M.A. 1935. The Fauna of British India; including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II. Sauria. London : Taylor & Francis xiv 440 pp. [315]
• 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. [178]

 

Generic Combinations

• Lygosoma bowringii (Günther, 1864). —
  Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [178]
• Subdoluseps bowringii (Günther, 1864). —
  Freitas, E.S., Datta-Roy, A., Karanth, P., Grismer, L.L. & Siler, C.D. 2019. Multilocus phylogeny and a new classification for African, Asian and Indian supple and writhing skinks (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186: 1067-1096 [1088] (changed combination as type species of genus Subdoluseps)

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Recent introduction to Christmas Island.

Introduced from Asia and Indo-Malayan Archipelago.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23)

Ecological Descriptors

Disturbed habitats.

Extra Ecological Information

Including grassy clearings in secondary growth and coconut plantations.

 

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] (Christmas Island Grass-skink)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	LACERTILIA	16-Nov-2022	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		22-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)