Techmarscincus jigurru (COVACEVICH, 1984)
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Techmarscincus jigurru
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Bartle Frere Cool-skink |
| Synonym | Leiolopisma jigurru COVACEVICH 1984 Techmarscincus jigurru — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 Bartleia jigurru — HUTCHINSON et al. 1990 Bartleia jigurru — COGGER 2000: 563 Techmarscincus [sic] jigurru — GREER 2005 (online) Techmarscincus jigurru — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 344 Techmarscincus jigurru — CHAPPLE et al. 2023 |
| Distribution | Australia (Queensland, Cape York Peninsula), elevation 1524 m. Type locality: near summit of South Peak of Mt Bartle Frere, Qld |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: QM J40040, collected J. Covacevich, R. McKay & D. Marshall, 7-8.xi.1981. Paratype: AMS (AM) R95553 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A mid-body scale count of 30 and paired frontoparietal scales distinguishes Leiolopisma jigurru from other Australian species of Leiolopisma except L. entrecasteauxii (Dumeril and Bibron). L. entrecasteauxii has a lower lamellae under the 4th toe count (16-22) than L. jigurru (26-29) and lacks the distinctive dark brown to black, and white to cream colour pattern of L. jigurru. Ten New Zealand species of Leiolopisma have the combination of 30 mid-body scale rows and paired frontoparietals, but only 3 species also have a 4th toe subdigital lamellae count which overlaps with that of L. jigurru. These are L. infrapunctatum (Boulenger), L. nigriplantare (Peters), and L. lineoocellatum (Dumeril and Dumeril). Colour and pattern quickly distinguish L. jigurru from these species. See PI. 1a-b, 2a-b and Hardy (1977, figs 27, 30-32, 33). (Covacevich 1984: 403) |
| Comment | Type species: Leiolopisma jigurru COVACEVICH 1984 is the type species of the genus Techmarscincus WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 39. Leiolopisma jigurru Covacevich 1984 has also been designated type species for the new genus Bartleia HUTCHINSON et al. 1990. Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). |
| Etymology | Named after the Mamu and the Ngajan name for this lizard, “jigurru”, acccording to Molly Ramond and George Watson, the last people to speak these languages well. Their people lived in the rainforest country at the headwaters of the Mulgrave and Russell Rivers on the slopes of the Bellenden Ker Range and their territories overlapped in the high mountains such as Bartle Frere. 'For more than ten thousand years they lived in harmony ... with their environment. One hundred years ago many of them were shot and poisoned ...' (Dixon, 1972). The genus was Bartleia named after the summit of Mt. Bartle Frere in NE Queensland. |
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