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Lampropholis isla HOSKIN, 2025

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Scawfell Island Sunskink 
SynonymLampropholis isla HOSKIN 2025: 5 
DistributionAustralia (Queensland: Scawfell Island)

Type locality: Scawfell Island (20.8688°S, 149.5918°E; 20 m a.s.l.),  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype (Fig. 3). QM J98076, adult male, regrown tail, 16 November 2021, C. J. Hoskin, field collection code (conx6148). Paratypes.QM J98077–J98081 (field collection codes conx6149–conx6153, respectively); collection details as for holotype; details of specimens in Table 1.
Additional material. QM J59128, J59129, Scawfell Island, 20.8667°S, 149.6167°E, 21/09/1994, H. B. Hines. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. Distinguished from congeners by the follow- ing characters: free interparietal scale; bright orange on flanks of breeding males; seven supraciliaries; four supraoculars; flanks unmarked by pale midlateral stripe or pale dashes. (Hoskin 2025)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Spanish “isla” for ‘island’, referring to the restriction of this species to an island. The name is used as a noun in apposition. 
References
  • Hoskin CJ 2025. A new species of Lampropholis skink (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Scawfell Island, mid-east Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 85: 1–13 - get paper here
 
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