Liburnascincus mundivensis (BROOM, 1898)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Outcrop Rainbow-skink
Synonym	Heteropus vertebralis DE VIS 1888: 821 (non Lygosoma vertebrale HALLOWELL 1860) Lygosoma mundivensis BROOM 1898 Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) mundivense — SMITH 1937: 225 Lygosoma waitei ZIETZ 1920: 211 (nom. nov. pro Heteropus vertebralis) Carlia mundivensis — COGGER 1983 Carlia mundivensis — COGGER 2000: 395 Carlia mundivensis — COUPER et al. 2006 Liburnascincus mundivensis — DOLMAN & HUGALL 2008
Distribution	Australia (Queensland) Type locality: Muldiva, N Queensland
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.17.81
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Comment	Synonymy partly after COGGER 1983. Heteropus vertebralis De Vis, 1888 is preoccupied in Lygosoma. Distribution: see map in HOSKIN & COUPER 2015 (Fig. 1).
Etymology	named after the type locality whose name (”Muldiva”) is a corruption of the aboriginal name for the creek Mundiva.
References	Broom, R. 1898. On the lizards of the Chillagoe District, N Queensland. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 22: 639-645 [1897] - get paper here Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp. Couper, P., Covacevich, J., Amey, A. & Baker, A. 2006. The genera of skinks (Family Scincidae) of Australia and its island territories: diversity, distribution and identification. in: Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G.M. & Lee, M.S.Y. (eds.). Evolution and Zoogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, pp. 367-384 De Vis, C. W. 1888. A contribution to the herpetology of Queensland. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales (2) 2: 811-826 [1887] - get paper here Dolman, Gaynor & Andrew F. Hugall 2008. Combined mitochondrial and nuclear data enhance resolution of a rapid radiation of Australian rainbow skinks (Scincidae: Carlia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49 (3): 782-794 - get paper here HOSKIN, CONRAD J. & PATRICK J. COUPER 2015. A new skink (Scincidae: Liburnascincus) from rocky habitat on Cape York, northeast Australia. Zootaxa 3994 (2): 222–234 - get paper here Ingram G; Covacevich J 1989. Revision of the genus Carlia (Reptilia, Scincidae) in Australia with comments on Carlia bicarinata of New Guinea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27 (2): 443-490 - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp. Zietz, F. R. 1920. Catalogue of Australian lizards. Rec. South Austral. Mus. 1: 181-228 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Liburnascincus… Google images

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