Saproscincus czechurai (INGRAM & RAWLINSON, 1981)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Wedge-snouted Shadeskink, Czechuras Litter-skink
Synonym	Lampropholis czechurai INGRAM & RAWLINSON 1981 Lampropholis czechurai — COGGER 1983 Saproscincus czechurai — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1983 Saproscincus czechurai — COGGER 2000: 574 Saproscincus czechurai — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Saproscincus czechurae — MUÑOZ et al. 2016
Distribution	Australia (NE Queensland) Type locality: Charmillin Creek, via Ravenshoe, in 17° 43’ S, 145° 31’ E, NE Qld.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: QM J34402
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Gregory Vincent Czechura (b. 1953), an Australian herpetologist and ornithologist and "senior information officer" at the Queensland Museum, Brisbane.
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 Ezaz, T. et al. 2009. Sex Chromosome Evolution in Lizards: Independent Origins and Rapid Transitions. Cytogenet Genome Res 127: 249-260 - get paper here Ingram G; Rawlinson P 1981. Five new species of skinks (genus Lampropholis) from Queensland and New South Wales. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20 (2): 311-317 - get paper here Muñoz, M. M., Langham, G. M., Brandley, M. C., Rosauer, D. F., Williams, S. E. and Moritz, C. 2016. Basking behavior predicts the evolution of heat tolerance in Australian rainforest lizards. Evolution, 70: 2537–2549.doi:10.1111/evo.13064 - 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.jcu.edu.au/dept/Zoology/herp/wtlz/wtlz.html http://www.wildherps.com/species/S.czechurai.html http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Saproscincus… Google images

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