Species Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)
Short-limbed Snake-skink
- Coloscincus truncatus Peters, W. 1876. Über die von S.M.S. Gazelle mitgebrachten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876: 528-535 [1877 on title page] [532, pl. fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 8932, Peale Is., Moreton Bay, QLD. - Lygosoma truncatum monswilsonensis Copland, S.J. 1952. Taxonomic notes on the genus Ablepharus (Sauria: Scincidae). III. A new species from north-west Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 77: 121-125 [128, figs 2-3 pl. 6].
Type data:
Holotype AM R18587, Wilson's Peak, at the junction of the Macpherson Range with the Great Dividing Range, QLD.
Generic Combinations
- Lygosoma truncatum (Smith, 1937). —
Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). 3. London : British Museum xii 575 pp. 40 pls. [343] - Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876). —
Greer, A.E. & Cogger, H.G. 1985. Systematics of the reduce-limbed and limbless skinks currently assigned to the genus Anomalopus (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Australian Museum 37(1): 11-54 - Saiphos truncatus (Peters, 1876). —
Skinner, A., Hutchinson, M.N. & Lee, M.S.Y. 2013. Phylogeny and divergence times of Australian Sphenomorphus group skinks (Scincidae, Squamata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69(3): 906-918 [914]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, fossorial, oviparous, tall forest, woodland.
General References
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. [136] (subspecies not identified in Cogger et al. (1983: 136), in which Anomalopus truncatus was recognised as the valid name and Cogger listed synonyms)
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] (Short-limbed Snake-skink)
History of changes
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| 07-Feb-2024 | SCINCIDAE | 12-May-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | SCINCIDAE | 28-Jun-2016 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |