Saproscincus rosei WELLS & WELLINGTON, 1985

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Orange-tailed Shadeskink, Highland Forest Skink
Synonym	Saproscincus rosei WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 Saproscincus rosei — COGGER 2000: 767 Saproscincus rosei — MOUSSALLI et al. 2005
Distribution	Australia (New South Wales, Queensland) Type locality: Williams River (3000ft), Barrington Tops National Park, NSW
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: AMS (AM) R116963
Diagnosis
Comment	Not listed in FRANK & RAMUS 1995.
Etymology	Named for A.B.(Tony) Rose, of the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney, in recognition of his contributions of reptile specimens to the Australian Museum.
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 Moussalli, Adnan; Andrew F. Hugall and Craig Moritz 2005. A mitochondrial phylogeny of the rainforest skink genus Saproscincus , Wells and Wellington (1984). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34: 190-202 (published online 2004) - get paper here Sadlier R A. Colgan D J. Shea G M. 1993. Taxonomy and distribution of the scincid lizard Saproscincus challengeri and related species in southeastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34 (1): 139-158. - get paper here Sadlier, R.A.; Couper, P.J.; Colgan, D.J.; Vanderduys, E.; Rickard, E. 2005. A new species of scincid lizard, Saproscincus eungellensis, from mid-eastern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 51(2): 559-571. - 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 Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp. Virkki, Diana A.; Cuong Tran, and J. Guy Castley 2012. Reptile Responses to Lantana Management in a Wet Sclerophyll Forest, Australia. Journal of Herpetology 46 (2): 177-185. - get paper here Wells, R. W. and Wellington, C. R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series (1): 1-61 [sometimes cited as 1983] - 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/Saproscincus/rosei Google images

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