Species Tiliqua adelaidensis (Peters, 1863)
Pygmy Blue-tongue
- Cyclodus adelaidensis Peters, W. 1863. Übersicht der von Hrn. Richard Schomburgk an das zoologische Museum eingesandten Amphibien, aus Buchsfelde bei Adelaide in Südaustralien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1863: 228-236 [1864 on title page] [232].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB 4710 2 specimens, Loos, 4.5 km W Gawler (as Buchsfelde), SA.Type locality references:
Praite, R. & Tolley, J.C. 1970. Place names of South Australia. Adelaide : Rigby 203 pp.
Generic Combinations
- Tiliqua adelaidensis (Peters, 1863).
Distribution
States
South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB)
Ecological Descriptors
Diurnal, terrestrial, viviparous.
General References
Mitchell, F.J. 1950. The scincid genera Egernia and Tiliqua (Lacertilia). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9: 275-308 (taxonomy)
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. [37] (Pygmy Blue-tongue)
History of changes
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