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Liopholis mutawintji PARKIN, SWAN, MARSHALL, BATES, MCKELLAR, THOMPSON, THOMPSON, PARKIN, HAINES, FARQUHAR, LLOYD, WHILE, FOSTER, ELDRIDGE, TREMBATH, SHEA, DONNELLAN, CHAPPLE & ROWLEY, 2026

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Egerniinae (Tiliquini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Kungaka 
SynonymLiopholis mutawintji PARKIN, SWAN, MARSHALL, BATES, MCKELLAR, THOMPSON, THOMPSON, PARKIN, HAINES, FARQUHAR, LLOYD, WHILE, FOSTER, ELDRIDGE, TREMBATH, SHEA, DONNELLAN, CHAPPLE & ROWLEY 2026 
DistributionAustralia (New South Wales: Bynguano Range of Mutawintji National Park)

Type locality: Bynguano Range, Mutawintji National Park, NSW, Australia.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. AMS R.147150 (formerly SAMA R.45513), adult male, collected on the 13th April 1995 by members of the Australian Herpetological Society (AHS) and South Australian Herpetological Group (SAHG). Paratype. AMS R.146257, adult male, plain-back morph, Bynguano Range, Mutawintji National Park, NSW, Collected on the 25th October 1994 by members of the AHS and SAHG. 
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Comment 
EtymologyThe species name reflects the distribution of Liopholis mutawintji sp. nov. occurring entirely within Mutawintji National Park. The place name Mutawintji is given by Wiimpatja Aboriginal Owners of the area and means place of green grass and waterholes. 
References
  • Parkin, T., Swan, G., Marshall, L., Bates, K.G., Mckellar, R.H.-., Thompson, N., Thompson, W., Parkin, B., Haines, M.L., Farquhar, J.E., Lloyd, R., While, G.M., Foster, R., Eldridge, M.D.B., Trembath, D., Shea, G.M., Donnellan, S.C., Chapple, D.G. & 2026. Phylogenomics, taxonomy and conservation of the White’s skink (Scincidae: Liopholis whitii) species complex in south-eastern Australia. Zootaxa, 5792 (3), 457–493 - get paper here
 
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