Lampropholis isla HOSKIN, 2025
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Scawfell Island Sunskink |
Synonym | Lampropholis isla HOSKIN 2025: 5 |
Distribution | Australia (Queensland: Scawfell Island) Type locality: Scawfell Island (20.8688°S, 149.5918°E; 20 m a.s.l.), |
Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype (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. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis. 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) Additional details (8665 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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Etymology | Named after Spanish “isla” for ‘island’, referring to the restriction of this species to an island. The name is used as a noun in apposition. |
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