Concinnia tenuis (GRAY, 1831)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | Bar-sided Forest-skink, Barred-sided Skink |
Synonym | Tiliqua tenuis GRAY 1831: 71 Lygosoma erucata DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 726 Lygosoma tenue — GARMAN 1901: 7 Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) tenue — SMITH 1937: 220 Sphenomorphus tenuis — COGGER 1983: 187 Eulamprus tenuis — GREER 1992 Sphenomorphus tenuis — FRANK & RAMUS 1995: 196 Eulamprus tenuis — COGGER 2000: 487 Eulamprus tenuis — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Concinnia tenuis — SKINNER et al. 2013 |
Distribution | Australia (New South Wales, S Queensland) Type locality: Australia |
Reproduction | viviparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.17.15 (formerly xv.8a, 1937.12.6.13), Australia, collector unknown. Holotype: MNHP 7035, from Australia [Lygosoma erucata] |
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Comment | Synonymy: Lygosoma brachysoma LÖNNBERG & ANDERSSON 1915 has been considered a synonym of Eulamprus tenuis by COGGER 1983 and others but is now treated as a separate species. Synonymy partly after COGGER 1983. Type species: Tiliqua tenuis GRAY 1831: 71 is the type species of the genus Concinnia WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985. Phylogenetics: see Singhal et al. 2017 and 2018 for a phylogeny of Australian sphenomorphine skinks. Morphology: digits: 5, toes: 5 (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) |
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