Cyclodomorphus gerrardii (GRAY, 1845)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Egerniinae (Tiliquini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Pink-tongued Skink, Pink-Tongued Lizard G: Schneckenskink
Synonym	Hinulia gerrardii GRAY 1845: 75 Hemisphaeriodon Gerrardii — PETERS 1867: 24 Hinulia picta MACLEAY 1885: 65 Tiliqua longicauda DE VIS 1888: 816 Hemisphaeriodon gerrardii — OUDEMANS 1894: 139 Hemisphaeriodon gerrardii — LONGMAN 1915: 34 Hemisphaeriodon gerrardii — WILHOFT 1960 Tiliqua gerrardi — COGGER 1983: 189 Tiliqua gerrardi — HAUSCHILD 1988 Cyclodomorphus gerrardii — SHEA 1990 Tiliqua gerrardi — HERRMANN 1997 Hemisphaeriodon gerrardii — COGGER 2000: 503 Tiliqua gerrardi — WILSON & SWAN 2003 Cyclodomorphus gerrardii — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 230 Cyclodomorphus gerrardii — COGGER 2014: 534
Distribution	Australia (New South Wales, Queensland) Type locality: “Australia?”
Reproduction	viviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Lectotype: BMNH xv. 5a, from Australia. Designation by Wells & Wellington (1985) Holotype: MMUS (not found), from vicinity of the Herbert River, Qld. [Hinulia picta]. Syntypes: QM J 1186-7, from Rockhampton and Johnstone River, Qld. [Tiliqua longicauda].
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Comment	Synonymy partly after COGGER 1983. Type species: Hinulia gerrardii GRAY 1845: 75 is the type species of the genus Hemisphaeriodon PETERS 1867.
Etymology	Named after Edward Gerrard (1810-1910), attendant in Gray's departtnent at the British Museum (1841-1896).
References	Abraham, G. 1980. Kopulationsbeobachtung bei Tiliqua gerrardi. Sauria 2 (2): 34 - get paper here 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 De Vis, C. W. 1888. A contribution to the herpetology of Queensland. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales (2) 2: 811-826 [1887] - get paper here Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - get paper here Hauschild, A. 1988. Bemerkungen zu Haltung und Zucht des Schneckenskinks Tiliqua gerrardii (GRAY, 1845) (Sauria: Scincidae). Salamandra 24 (4): 248-259 - get paper here Herrmann, J.-M. 1997. Haltung und Nachzucht des Schneckenskinks Tiliqua gerrardii. Elaphe 5 (3): 16-18 Longley, G. 1938. Notes on a pink tongued skink. Proc. R. Zool. Soc. N. S. W. 1937-38: 19-21 - get paper here Longman, H. A. 1915. Reptiles from Queensland and the Northern Territory. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 3: 30-34. - get paper here Macleay, W. 1885. On some Reptilia lately received from the Herbert River District, Queensland. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 10: 64-68 - get paper here Matz, G. 1973. Biologie et reproduction de Tiliqua gerrardii (Gray) (Scincidae). Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 98: 590 Mitchell, F. J. 1950. The scincid genera Egernia and Tiliqua (Lacertilia). Rec. South Austral. Mus. 9: 275-308 - get paper here Oudemans, J. Th. 1894. Eidechsen und Schildkröten. In Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena, 8:127—146 - get paper here Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1867. Herpetologische Notizen. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1867 (Januar): 13-37 - get paper here Shea G M. 1990. The genera Tiliqua and Cyclodomorphus (Lacertilia: Scincidae): generic diagnoses and systematic relationships. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29 (2): 495-520. - get paper here Shea, G. M. 1982. Observations on some membera of the genus Tiliqua. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 13 (4):18-20 SILVA-SANTOS, MARIA LETÍCIA; ALCÉSTER DIEGO COELHO-LIMA, MARIA EDUARDA LIMA-ALVES, JANE CELIA FERREIRA DE OLIVEIRA & DANIEL CUNHA PASSOS. 2022. Caudal autophagy in captive Cyclodomorphus gerrardii (Squamata: Scincidae). Herpetology Notes 15: 533–537. - get paper here STARK, TARIQ. 2022. Caudal autophagy in captive Cyclodomorphus gerrardii (Squamata: Scincidae). Herpetology Notes 15: 629–631. - get paper here Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp. Wilhoft, D. C. 1960. Observations on adults and juveniles of Hemisphaeriodon gerrardii in captivity. N. Qd Nat. 28: 3-4 Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp. Wilson,S. & Swan, G. 2003. A complete guide to the Reptiles of Australia. Princeton University Press, 480 pp. [review in Sauria 26 (3): 32] Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
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