Ophioscincus cooloolensis GREER & COGGER, 1985

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Cooloola Snake-skink
Synonym	Ophioscincus coolooensis GREER & COGGER 1985: 35 Ophioscincus cooloolensis — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1988: 10 Ophioscincus cooloolensis — COGGER 2000: 555 Ophioscincus cooloolensis — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (Queensland) Type locality: “National Parks Headquarters on ‘A’ road, Fraser Island, Queensland”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: QM J 31573 Paratypes: AMS (AM)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Differs from all other Ophioscincus in the following two characters states, both of which are unique: prefrontals absent and presacral vertebrae ≤ 44 (GREER & COGGER 1985: 35). Additional details (3129 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Limb morphology: 0 digits 0 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014)
Etymology	Named after the Cooloola National Park where this species is found.
References	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 Greer A E; Cogger H G 1985. Systematics of the reduce-limbed and limbless skinks currently assigned to the genus Anomalopus (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Rec. Austral. Mus. 37(1) 1985: 11-54 - get paper here Shea, Glenn M; Sadlier, Ross A 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. TECHNICAL REPORTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM 15, 1999: 1-91 - get paper here Singhal, Sonal; Huateng Huang, Maggie R. Grundler, María R. Marchán-Rivadeneira, Iris Holmes, Pascal O. Title, Stephen C. Donnellan, and Daniel L. Rabosky 2018. Does Population Structure Predict the Rate of Speciation? A Comparative Test across Australia’s Most Diverse Vertebrate Radiation. The American Naturalist - get paper here Wells, R.W., & Wellington, C.R. 1988. Amphibians and reptiles of the Upper Cox’s River area, Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia, with comments on Greer & Cogger’s recent reclassification of the genus Anomalopus (sensu lato). Australian Herpetologist 505: 1-15 Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/scincidae.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Ophioscincus… Google images

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