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Lampropholis caligula INGRAM & RAWLINSON, 1981

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Montane Sunskink 
SynonymLampropholis caligula INGRAM & RAWLINSON 1981
Lampropholis caligula — COGGER 2000: 507
Adrasteia caligula — WELLS 2002
Lampropholis caligula — COUPER et al. 2006: 381
Adrasteiascincus caligula — WELLS 2010 
DistributionAustralia (New South Wales)

Type locality: Pol Blue, Barrington Tops, in 31° 59’ S, 151° 30’ E, mid-E N. S. W.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: AMS (AM) R13313 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyApparently named after Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (A.D. 12-41), more commonly known as Caligula, the third Julio-Claudian Roman Emperor. He was known for his extreme extravagance, eccentricity, depravity, cruelty, and despotism. His own guards killed him (Beolens et al. 2011: 46).
 
References
  • Anderson, R. O., Tingley, R., Hoskin, C. J., White, C. R., & Chapple, D. G. 2023. Linking physiology and climate to infer species distributions in Australian skinks. Journal of Animal Ecology - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • 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
  • Eldridge, M. D. B., S. Ingleby, A. G. King, S. V. Mahony, H. E. Parnaby, C. A. Beatson, A. Divljan, G. J. Frankham, A. C. Hay, R. E. Major, S. E. Reader, R. A. Sadlier, and L. R. Tsang. 2020. Australian Museum surveys of the vertebrate fauna of Coolah Tops National Park, NSW. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum Online 30: 1–26 - get paper here
  • Ingram G; Rawlinson P 1981. Five new species of skinks (genus Lampropholis) from Queensland and New South Wales. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20 (2): 311-317 - get paper here
  • Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp.
  • Wells, R.W. 2002. Some taxonomic changes to the genus Lampropholis (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Australia. Australian Biodiversity Record (8): 1-24 - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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