Glaphyromorphus cracens (GREER, 1985)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Slender Mulch-skink
Synonym	Sphenomorphus cracens GREER 1985 Glaphyromorphus cracens — COGGER 2000: 492 Glaphyromorphus cracens — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (Queensland) Type locality: 7.5 km E of Mt. Garnet via Kennedy Hwy (or 7.7 km W of Nettle Creek at Innot Hot Springs via Kennedy Hwy), Northeastern Queensland.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: QM J42714 (Queensland Museum) (formerly AMS R96235).
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: This is the only species of Sphenomorphus (sensu Greer 1979) with the following combination of characters: 20-22 midbody scale rows, prefrontal and anterior supraocular in contact (i.e., anterior supraciliary and frontal separated by these two scales), two presuboculars, two infralabials in contact with postmental on each side and 66-89 paravertebral scales (Greer 1985).
Comment	Most similar to the partially sympatric G. pumilus. Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014)
Etymology	The species name cracens is Latin for "graceful," "slender."
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 1985. A new species of Sphenomorphus from northeastern Queensland. Journal of Herpetology 19 (4): 469-473 - 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.jcu.edu.au/school/tbiol/zoology/herp/NthQldHerps/NthQLDHerps… http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Glaphyromorphus… Google images

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