Pseudemoia baudini (GREER, 1982)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Bight C oast Skink
Synonym	Leiolopisma baudini STORR et al. 1981: 27 [Nomen nudum] Leiolopisma baudini GREER 1982 Claireascincus baudini — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 Pseudemoia baudini — HUTCHINSON et al. 1990 Pseudemoia baudini — HUTCHINSON & DONNELLAN 1992 Pseudemoia baudini — COGGER 2000: 561 Claireascincus baudinii — GREER 2005 (online)
Distribution	Australia (coastal Western Australia, coastal South Australia) Type locality: "west of Point Culver", Western Australia at 124"32'E and 32°53'S.
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R44969; collected by Mr Michael G. Brooker on 28 October 1973. Sex: male.
Diagnosis	DIAGNOSIS: Leiopisma baudini can be distinguished from all other species of Leiopisma (sensu Greer 1974) by the following combination of characters: supranasal scales present; frontoparietal scales paired, and two anterior loreals, one above the other. Leiopisma baudini can be distinguished from all other Australian Lei%pisma except L. coventryi, L. entrecasteauxii and L. spenceri by the paired frontoparietals. It can be distinguished from L. coventryi by the presence of supranasals, two anterior loreals and striped colour pattern; from L. entrecasteauxii by supranasals, two anterior loreals and the light lateral line involving scale rows 5 and 6 (instead of rows 6 and 7), and from L. spenceri by the two anterior loreals, lower number of longitudinal scale rows at midbody (26 vs 37-48) and deep instead of depressed head and body [from GREER 1982]. Additional details (58 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after Nicholas Baudin (1756-1803), French naturalist and Commander-in-Chief of a French voyage of discovery along the western and southern coasts of Australia between 1801 and 1803.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here 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, Allen E. 1982. A new species of Leiolopisma (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western Australia. Rec. Austral. Mus. 34 (12): 549-573 - get paper here Hutchinson M N. DONNELLAN S C. 1992. Taxonomy and genetic variation in the Australian lizards of the genus Pseudemoia (Scincidae Lygosominae). Journal of Natural History 26 (1): 215-264. - get paper here Hutchinson M N; Donnellan S C; Baverstock P R; Krieg M; Simms S; Burgin S 1990. Immunological relationships and generic revision of the Australian lizards assigned to the genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Australian Journal of Zoology 38 (5): 535-554 - get paper here Storr, G. M., Smith, L. A. & Johnstone, R. E. 1981. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Perth: University of Western Australia Press and Western Australian Museum, 200 pp. Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/scincidae.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Pseudemoia/baudini Google images

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