Egernia formosa FRY, 1914

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Egerniinae (Tiliquini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Goldfields Crevice-skink
Synonym	Egernia formosa FRY 1914: 184 Egernia formosa — GLAUERT 1960: 74 Egernia formosa — STORR 1978: 170 Egernia formosa — COGGER 1983: 156 Egernia formosa — COGGER 2000: 460 Egernia formosa — DOUGHTY et al. 2011
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia) Type locality: Perth, ("in error, probably for Boulder, W. A." fide Storr (1978).
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: AMS (AM) R3058
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A member of the E. striolata group with smooth dorsals and unenlarged supracaudals. Further distinguishable from E. carinata by absence of black pigment and presence of broad pale laterodorsal stripe. Distinguishable from E. douglasi by spotted back, lesser size and more numerous upper labials, midbody scale rows and subdigital lamellae (Storr 1978: 170).
Comment
Etymology	Presumably named after the Latin formosus (beautiful), in reference to the coloration. (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 Doughty, Paul; Luke Kealley, and Stephen C. Donnellan 2011. Revision of the Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skinks (Egernia depressa species-group) from Western Australia, with descriptions of three new species. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 26: 115–137 Fry, D. B. 1914. On a collection of reptiles and batrachians from Western Australia. Rec. West. Austral. Mus. 1:174-210 - get paper here Glauert, L. 1960. Herpetological miscellanea. XII. The family Scincidae in Western Australia. Pt. 1. The genera Tiliqua, Trachysaurus and Egernia. Western Australian Naturalist 7 (3): 67-77 - get paper here Storr G M 1978. The genus Egernia (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 6 (2): 147-187 - get paper here Storr, G. M.; L. A. Smith, and R. E. Johnstone 1999. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Revised Edition. Western Australian Museum 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.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Egernia/formosa http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02008p052f.pdf http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3ECB698E-3C47-4F93-BD76… Google images

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