Eremiascincus pallidus (GÜNTHER, 1875)
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Eremiascincus pallidus
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Western Sand-swimming Skink, Western Narrow-banded Skink G: Westaustralischer Streifenskink |
| Synonym | Hinulia pallida GÜNTHER 1875: 12 Lygosoma pallidum — BOULENGER 1887: 233 Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) pallidum — SMITH 1937: 220 Sphenomorphus pallidus — MITTLEMAN 1952: 28 Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) pallidum — GLAUERT 1960 Sphenomorphus fasciolatus pallidus — STORR 1967: 15–16 Sphenomorphus fasciolatus — STORR 1974: 69 (part.) Eremiascincus fasciolatus — GREER 1979: 323 (part.) Eremiascincus fasciolatus — COGGER et al. 1983: 163 (part.) Eremiascincus fasciolatus — COGGER 2000: 477 Eremiascincus fasciolatus — MECKE et al. 2009 Eremiascincus ‘pallidus’ — DOUGHTY et al. 2011: 322 Eremiascincus pallidus — MECKE et al. 2013 |
| Distribution | Australia (SW Northern Territory, E South Australia, sandy parts of arid Western Australia) Type locality: Nickol Bay, WA |
| Reproduction | oviparous (Mecke et al. 2016) |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.3.38, from Nickol Bay, W. A. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized (snout-vent length up to 77 mm), slender narrow-banded Eremiascincus having 6– 8 undivided supralabials (usually 7); one infralabial in broad contact with the postmental scale (rarely 2); scales on top of the fourth toe in single rows with transverse sutures; 20–31 subdigital lamellae in one row (not grooved), un- or only feebly keeled; plantar scales 14–18, smooth; 30–36 scale rows at mid-body; head small and snout depressed; ear opening small and circular; dorsum with keels posteriorly and tail with ridged scales; coloration pattern usually comprises 32–37 perfectly transverse dark narrow bands (type b, rarely a) on the tail; body usually without banding or at most faint bands on side of body; pale [MECKE et al. 2013] |
| Comment | Synonymy after MECKE et al. 2013. Eremiascincus pallidus has been considered as a synonym of Eremiascincus fasciolatus previously, but was resurrected by MECKE et al. 2013. Not listed by COGGER 2014. Habitat: sandy areas surrounding the rocky, inner terrain of the Pilbara. Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) |
| Etymology | The specific name ‘pallidus’ is Latin for ‘pale’ in reference to the pale dorsal coloration of that species. |
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