Eroticoscincus graciloides (LÖNNBERG & ANDERSSON, 1913)
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Eroticoscincus graciloides
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Elf Skink |
| Synonym | Lygosoma graciloides LÖNNBERG & ANDERSSON 1913: 10 Lygosoma scharfii BOULENGER 1915: 64 Anotis graciloides — GREER 1974 Nannoscincus graciloides — CZECHURA 1981 Hemiergis graciloides — COGGER 1983: 165 Eroticoscincus graciloides — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984: 92 Eroticoscincus graciloides — COGGER 2000: 479 Eroticoscincus graciloides — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Eroticoscincus graciloides — COGGER 2014: 558 |
| Distribution | Australia (Queensland) Type locality: Yandina, at the foot of Blackall Range, Qld. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Lectotype: NRM (NHRM) 3097, near Yandina, Blackall Range, Qld, collected E. Mjöberg. Designated by Czechura (1981). Other syntype: MCZ 93724. Holotype: BMNH 1915.3.30.1, from One Tree Hill, near Brisbane, Qld. [Lygosoma scharfii] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus and species): “A genus of small cryptozoic, thigmothermic, rainforest-inhabitingskinks confined to south-eastern Queensland, and distinguished by the following combination of characters: fingers four, toes five; alpha palate; moveable eylid with undivided palpebral disk; lacks prefrontals; nasals laterally placed; limbs fail to meet when adpressed; anals enlarged; loreal single; four supraoculars; labials excluded from orbital contact by suboculars; paravertebrals largest-; punctiform nasal; nasals laterally displaced by frontonasal; lacks frontonasal suture long and curved; frontal contacts first and second supraoculars; two infralabials contact mental; pair of nuchals border each parietal; one or two temporals border each parietal; two presuboculars; complete sub-ocular series; loreal single; ear opening about size of nostril, being quite small and lacking any lobules; mid-body scales 20-22 rows; sub-digital lamellae have paired callosities (12-15 under 4th toe); hemipenes unilobed with undivided sulcus that terminates apically; iris coppery bronze; oviparous.” (WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984) |
| Comment | Type species: Lygosoma graciloides LÖNNBERG & ANDERSSON 1913: 10 is the type species of the genus Eroticoscincus WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984: 92. |
| Etymology | Apparently named after its gracile appearance. The genus has been named for being and “amorous skink”, without further comment by the authors. |
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