Hemiergis initialis (WERNER, 1910)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies	Hemiergis initialis brookeri STORR 1975 Hemiergis initialis initialis WERNER 1910
Common Names	Southwestern Earless Skink
Synonym	Lygosoma (Hemiergis) initiale WERNER 1910: 480 Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) initiale — SMITH 1937: 225 Hemiergis initiale — GLAUERT 1960 Hemiergis initialis — COGGER 1983: 165 Hemiergis initialis — COGGER 2000: 500 Hemiergis initialis — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Hemiergis initialis brookeri STORR 1975 Hemiergis initialis brookeri — STORR et al. 1999
Distribution	Australia (South Australia, Western Australia) initialis: SW Western Australia; Type locality: Mt. Helena (as Lion Mill) and Jarrahdale, south W. A. brookeri: SE Western Australia; Type locality: 40 km WSW of Caiguna, in 32° 20’ S, 125° 00’ E, W. A.
Reproduction	viviparous
Types	Syntypes: NMW = NHMW 16637 (Lion Mill), ZMH 3503 (Lion Mill), ZMB 21465 (3 specimens, Lion Mill), 4 other syntypes not found, from Mt. Helena (as Lion Mill) and Jarrahdale, south W. A. Holotype: WAM R24677 [brookeri]
Diagnosis
Comment	Synonymy partly after COGGER 1983. Morphology: digits: 5, toes: 5 (Singhal et al. 2018, Reeder and Reichert 2011)
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 Glauert, L. 1960. Herpetological miscellanea. XII. The family Scincidae in Western Australia. Pt. 2. The genus Lygosoma. Western Australian Naturalist 7 (4): 81-99 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 Smith, H. M. 1939. A new Australian lizard, with a note on Hemiergis. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Ser. 24: 11-14 - get paper here Smith,M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234 Storr, G. M. 1975. The genus Hemiergis (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 3: 251-260 - get paper here Storr, G. M., Smith, L. A. & Johnstone, R. E. 1981. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Perth: University of Western Australia Press and Western Australian Museum, 200 pp. Storr, G. M.; L. A. Smith, and R. E. Johnstone 1999. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Revised Edition. Western Australian Museum Werner, F. 1910. Reptilia (Geckonidae und Scincidae). In: Michaelsen, W., and R. Hartmeyer: Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Vol. 2. G. Fischer, Jena, pp. 451-493. - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/scincidae.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Hemiergis/initialis Google images

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