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Liopholis kintorei (STIRLING & ZIETZ, 1893)

IUCN Red List - Liopholis kintorei - Vulnerable, VU
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Higher TaxaScincidae, Egerniinae (Tiliquini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Great Desert-skink, Kintore’s Egernia 
SynonymEgernia kintorei STIRLING & ZIETZ 1893: 171
Egernia dahlii BOULENGER 1896: 233
Egernia dahlii — WERNER 1910: 42
Egernia kintorei — GLAUERT 1960: 75
Egernia kintorei — STORR 1978: 184
Egernia kintorei — COGGER 1983: 157
Flamoscincus kintorei — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984
Egernia kintorei — COGGER 2000: 465
Egernia kintorei — COUPER et al. 2006: 380
Liopholis kintorei — GARDNER et al. 2008 
DistributionAustralia (Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia)

Type locality: south of Barrow Range, Victoria Desert, W. A., designated by Mitchell (1950).  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesLectotype: SAMA R2925
Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.21.95, ZMUO K2007, from Roebuck Bay, W. A. [dahlii] 
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CommentSynonymy after COGGER 1983.

Habitat: Obligate burrowing.

Type species: Egernia kintorei is the type species of the genus Flamoscincus WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984. 
EtymologyNamed after Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, Ninth Earl of Kintore (1852-1930), a British politician and Governor of South Australia (1889-1895). 
References
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  • Boulenger, G. A. 1896. Descriptions of four new lizards from Roebuck Bay, N. W. Australia obtained by Dr. Dahl for the Christiania Museum. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 18: 232—235 - get paper here
  • Chapple, D. G., Hutchinson, M.N., Maryan, B., Plivelich M., Moore, J.A. and Keogh J.S. 2008. Evolution and maintenance of colour pattern polymorphism in Liopholis (Squamata : Scincidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 56: 103–115 - get paper here
  • CHAPPLE, DAVID G. and J. SCOTT KEOGH 2004. Parallel adaptive radiations in arid and temperate Australia: molecular phylogeography and systematics of the Egernia whitii (Lacertilia: Scincidae) species group. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 157–173 - get paper here
  • Chapple, David G.; J. Scott Keogh and Mark N. Hutchinson 2004. Molecular phylogeography and systematics of the arid-zone members of the Egernia whitii (Lacertilia: Scincidae) species group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33 (3): 549-561 - get paper here
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  • 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
  • Dennison S, McAlpin S, Chapple DG, Stow AJ 2015. Genetic Divergence among Regions Containing the Vulnerable Great Desert Skink (Liopholis kintorei) in the Australian Arid Zone. PLoS One 10 (6): e0128874. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128874 - get paper here
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