Concinnia sokosoma (GREER, 1992)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Stout Barsided Skink
Synonym	Eulamprus sokosoma GREER 1992 Eulamprus sokosoma — COGGER 2000: 757 Eulamprus sokosoma — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Concinnia sokosoma — SKINNER et al. 2013
Distribution	Australia (CE Queensland)
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: QM J27702; paratypes: AMS (AM)
Diagnosis
Comment	Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014)
Etymology	From the Greek sokos (strong or stout) plus soma (body), in reference to the body shape, particularly with reference to C. brachysoma, with which the species was confused. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024)
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 1992. Revision of the species previously associated with the Australian scincid lizard Eulamprus tenuis. Rec. Austral. Mus. 44(1) 1992: 7-19 - 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 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 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/sokosoma Google images

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