Species Tiliqua nigrolutea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scincus nigroluteus 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. [176, pl. 41] [as only 2 specimens are cited in the original description, the status of one of the labelled types, probably the juvenile, is doubtful].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP 7134 adult, Blue Mountains, NSW (MNHP catalogue cites New Holland); MNHP 3024 adult, Blue Mountains, NSW (MNHP catalogue cites New Holland); MNHP 3023 juvenile, Blue Mountains, NSW (MNHP catalogue cites New Holland).
• Scincus erucotis Gray, J.E. 1838. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. (contd.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2: 287-293 [1839 on title page] [290] [as Scinc. erucotis , nom. nud.; Péron ms name introduced in synonymy by Gray].
• Tiliqua milleri 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] [40].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R92696, Port MacDonnell, SA [38°03'S 140°42'E].

  Secondary source:

   Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91 [64].

 

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. [190]

 

Generic Combinations

• Tiliqua nigrolutea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Alpine, diurnal, omnivore, open forest, tall forest, terrestrial, viviparous, woodland.

 

General References

Baehr, M. 1976. Beiträge zur Verbreitung und Ökologie Tasmanischer Reptilien. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 292: 1-24 (natural history)

Bissinger, B.E. & Simon, C.A. 1979. Comparison of tongue extrusions in representatives of six families of lizards. Journal of Herpetology 13: 133-139

Longley, G. 1944. Notes on a hybrid blue tongue lizard. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1943–44: 22-23

Mitchell, F.J. 1950. The scincid genera Egernia and Tiliqua (Lacertilia). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9: 275-308 (taxonomy)

Spellerberg, I.F. 1972. Temperature tolerances of southeast Australian reptiles examined in relation to reptile thermoregulation behaviour and distribution. Oecologia (Berlin) 9: 23-46

Stettler, P.H. 1953. Tiliqua nigrolutea Gray. Lacerta 11: 63-66 (natural history)

 

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] (Blotched Blue-tongue)

 

History of changes

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