Tumbunascincus luteilateralis (COVACEVICH & MCDONALD, 1980)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Orange-speckled Forest-skink
Synonym	Sphenomorphus luteilateralis COVACEVICH & MCDONALD 1980 Sphenomorphus luteilateralis — COGGER 1983 Concinnia luteilateralis — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1983 Eulamprus luteilateralis — FRANK & RAMUS 1995 Eulamprus luteilateralis — COGGER 2000: 485 Magmellia luteilateralis — WELLS 2009 Eulamprus luteilateralis — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Tumbunascincus luteilateralis — SKINNER et al. 2013 Concinnia luteilateralis — COGGER 2014: 453 Magmellia luteilateralis — COGGER 2014: 978 (addendum) Magmellia luteilateralis — SHEA 2019
Distribution	Australia (CE Queensland) Type locality: Eungella National Park, in 21° OYS, 148° 35’ E, Qld.
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: QM J31685
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (genus): Australian Sphenomorphus group scincids possessing the following combination of derived character states: third pair of enlarged chin scales separated by 5 (instead of 3) scale rows, visceral fat bodies absent, postmental contacts a single infralabial, lateral surfaces between forelimb and hind limb bright orange with small white spots (see Covacevich and McDonald, 1980). Additional details (2136 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Type species: Sphenomorphus luteilateralis COVACEVICH & MCDONALD 1980 is the type species of the genus Tumbunascincus SKINNER et al. 2013. Phylogenetics: see Singhal et al. 2017 and 2018 for a phylogeny of Australian sphenomorphine skinks. Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) Morphology: Hutchinson et al. 2021 present a table of morphological character states across 20 Australian sphenomorphine skinks, including this genus.
Etymology	Named after Latin luteus = golden yellow, supposedly on the flanks (lateral), which are, however, rather orange. The genus name refers to the Tumbunan zoogeographic division, which includes (among other regional faunas) the sub-tropical rainforest fauna of the Eungella Plateau in mid-eastern Queensland (see Schodde, 2006).
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 Covacevich J; McDonald K R 1980. Two new species of skinks from mid-eastern Queensland rain forest. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20(1): 95-101 - get paper here Hutchinson, M. N., Couper, P., Amey, A., & Wilmer, J. W. 2021. Diversity and Systematics of Limbless Skinks (Anomalopus) from Eastern Australia and the Skeletal Changes that Accompany the Substrate Swimming Body Form. Journal of Herpetology 55 (4): 361-384 - get paper here Shea, G.M. 2019. Current status of the genera Karma and Magmellia Wells, 2009 (Scincidae: Lygosominae: Sphenomorphini) with a morphological character to distinguish the two genera. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 61: 187–191 - 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 Skinner, Adam; Mark N. Hutchinson, Michael S.Y. Lee 2013. Phylogeny and Divergence Times of Australian Sphenomorphus Group Skinks (Scincidae, Squamata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69 (3): 906–918 - get paper here Wells, R.W. 2009. Some taxonomic and nomenclatural considerations on the class Reptilia in Australia. A review of the genera Eulamprus and Glaphyromorphus (Scincidae), including the description of new genera and species. Australian Biodiversity Record (3): 1–96. 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/Eulamprus… Google images

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