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Liopholis Fitzinger 1843

Authors/Creators

  • 1. CSIRO, Australian National Wildlife Collection, GPO Box 1700, Canberra ACT, 2601, AUSTRALIA.
  • 2. Research Associate, Collections and Research, Western Australian Museum, Welshpool WA, 6106, AUSTRALIA.
  • 3. South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide SA, 5000, AUSTRALIA. & School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA, 5005, AUSTRALIA.
  • 4. CSIRO Environment, EcoSciences Precinct, 41 Boggo Road, Dutton Park, Brisbane QLD 4102, AUSTRALIA.
  • 5. South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide SA, 5000, AUSTRALIA. & School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA, 5005, AUSTRALIA. & Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney NSW, 2010, AUSTRALIA.

Description

Liopholis Fitzinger, 1843

Burrow-digging Skinks

Type species: Liopholis moniligera Fitzinger 1843, by monotypy [= L. whitii].

Diagnosis: (from Gardner et al. 2008): Relatively small to moderate-sized skinks (adult SVL 75‒200 mm); head and body squarish in cross-section; midbody scales in 34‒52 rows, the dorsals smooth (keeled in L. pulchra); nasal scale without postnarial groove; subocular scale row incomplete; eyes relatively large, the eyelids usually with distinct cream margins, easily differentiated from adjacent scales. Terrestrial; mainly diurnal with some species crepuscular to nocturnal; viviparous. For content, see Cogger (2014) and Wilson & Swan (2021).

Etymology. Fitzinger (1843: 22) provided no derivation of name, but it is presumably from the original Greek Leios latinised to Lio meaning smooth or flat and from the Greek Pholis meaning scale of a reptile.

Notes

Published as part of Aplin, Ken P., Maryan, Brad, Armstrong, Kyle N., Pavey, Chris R. & Donnellan, Stephen C., 2024, Molecular and morphological assessment of the Liopholis inornata (Rosén, 1905) species group (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae), with descriptions of two new species from northern Western Australia, pp. 299-332 in Zootaxa 5551 (2) on page 316, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/14421211

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Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC6387B48F134123FF0E9CDB75FCD04C

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.2.4 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/14421211 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/105AFFCC8F024132FF999D207111D332 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/43648902-1550-47C3-84F0-A7EA392CF27D (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/EC6387B48F134123FF0E9CDB75FCD04C (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/249497855 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/306598/taxon/EC6387B48F134123FF0E9CDB75FCD04C.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Fitzinger
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Family
Scincidae
Genus
Liopholis
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Liopholis Fitzinger, 1843 sec. Aplin, Maryan, Armstrong, Pavey & Donnellan, 2024

References

  • Fitzinger, L. (1843) Systema Reptilium, fasciculus primus, Amblyglossae. Braumuller et Deidel, Wien, 106 pp.
  • Gardner, M. G., Hugall, A. F., Donnellan, S. C., Hutchinson, M. N. & Foster, R. (2008) Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the Egernia group (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 154, 781 - 794. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.2008.00422. x
  • Cogger, H. G. (2014) Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia. Seventh Edition. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 1033 pp.
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. (2021) A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia. Sixth Edition. New Holland Publishers, Sydney, 688 pp.