Anepischetosia maccoyi (LUCAS & FROST, 1894)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	Highlands Forest-skink
Synonym	Siaphos maccoyi LUCAS & FROST 1894: 85 Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) maccoyi — SMITH 1937: 224 Anotis maccoyi — GREER 1974 Anepischetos [sic] maccoyi — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984 Anepischetos sharmani — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984 Anepischetosia maccoyi — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 (replacement name) Anepischetosia brindabellaensis — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 Hemiergis maccoyi — COGGER 1983: 165 Nannoscincus (Nannoseps) maccoyi — SADLIER 1990 Nannoscincus maccoyi — MURPHY 1995 Nannoscincus maccoyi — COGGER 2000: 552 Anepischetosia maccoyi — SADLIER et al. 2006 Nannoscincus maccoyi — COUPER et al. 2006: 381 Anepischetosia maccoyi — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 146
Distribution	Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) Type locality: Ringwood, Vic. [lectotype], designated by Coventry (1970).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: NMV D1851, designated by Coventry (1970).
Diagnosis
Comment	The genus Anepischetos is pre-occupied by Lepidoptera. Type species: Siaphos maccoyi LUCAS & FROST 1894: 85 is the type species of the genus Anepischetosia WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985.
Etymology
References	Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. 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 Coventry, A. J. 1970. Reptile and amphibian type specimens housed in the National Museum of Victoria. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 31: 115-124. Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 1-67. - get paper here Hutchinson, M.N. 1979. The reptiles of Kinglake National Park. Victorian Naturalist 96: 124-134 - get paper here Lucas, A. H. S. & Frost, C. 1894. The lizards indigenous to Victoria. Proc. R. Soc. Vict. (ns) 6: 24-92 - get paper here Murphy M J 1995. Microsympatry between two species of fossorial skink on the New South Wales south coast. Herpetofauna (SYDNEY) 25 (1): 51-52 Sadlier R A 1990. The scincid lizard genus Nannoscincus Gunther: a reevaluation. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29 (3): 487-494 Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M.; Smith, S.A. 2006. A new species of Nannoscincus Gunther (Squamata: Scincidae) from high elevation forest in southern New Caledonia. Rec. Austral. Mus. 58 (1):29-36. - 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 Smith,M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
External links	http://www.waite.adelaide.edu.au/cebb/sarah.htm http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/macclive1.htm http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/macclive2.htm http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/macclive3.htm http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/macclive4.htm http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/macclive5.htm http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/macclive6.htm http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/macclive7.htm http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/macclive8.htm http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/scincidae.pdf Google images

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