Species Saproscincus mustelinus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874)

Museums

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• Mocoa mustelina 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:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.8.16.78, NSW and Sydney, NSW (original description cites only NSW); BMNH 1946.8.16.86, Sydney; BMNH 1946.8.17.16, NSW.
• Lygosoma (Mocoa) orichalceum Boettger, O. 1878. Studien über neue oder wenig bekannte Eidechsen. I. Offenbacher Verein für Naturkunde, Berlin 17–18: 1-12 [2, pl. 1 fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMF 14675, Australia.
• Lygosoma (Mocoa) sonderi Peters, W. 1878. (Über zwei Scincoiden aus Australien und einer neuen Amphisbaena von West Africa). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1878: 191-193 [191].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 9374, Port Phillip, VIC.
• Lygosoma (Mocoa) lacrymans Peters, W. & Doria, G. 1878. Catalogo dei Rettili e dei Batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L.M. d'Albertis A.A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione Austro-Malese. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 13: 323-450 [348].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCG C.E. 27967, Mt Victoria, NSW.
• Lygosoma (Liolepisma) pseudotropis Werner, F. 1903. Neue Reptilien und Batrachier aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Brussel. Zoologischer Anzeiger 26: 246-253 [247] [junior homonym of Mocoa pseudotropis Günther, 1875].

  Type data:

   Holotype RIB 1105, NSW.
• Lygosoma paraeneum Ahl, E. 1925. Herpetologische notizen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 65: 18-20 [20] [nom.nov. for Lygosoma (Liolepisma) pseudotropis Werner, 1903].
• Saproscincus ritchiei 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] [38].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R116962 (previously AMF 16645), 1.6 km W of 'The Flags' via Walcha, NSW.

  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 [63] (as ritchei).

 

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. [168]

 

Generic Combinations

• Lampropholis mustelina (O'Shaughnessy, 1874).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, low open woodland, open forest, oviparous, tall forest, woodland.

 

General References

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

Wells, R. 1979. A large aggregation of skink eggs. Herpetofauna 11: 19-20

 

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. [36] (Weasel Skink)

 

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)