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Liopholis guthega (DONNELLAN, HUTCHINSON, DEMPSEY & OSBORNE, 2002)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Egerniinae (Tiliquini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Guthega Skink 
SynonymEgernia guthega DONNELLAN, HUTCHINSON, DEMPSEY & OSBORNE 2002: 448
Egernia guthega — COUPER et al. 2006: 380
Liopholis guthega — GARDNER et al. 2008
Liopholis guthega — SENIOR et al. 2021 
DistributionSE Australia (New South Wales, Victoria: above 1600 m elevation in the vicinity of Mt Kosciusko in New SoWales and on the Bogong High Plains in Victoria)

Type locality: Charlotte Pass, NSW, 36° 26’ S, 148° 19’ E.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: SAMA R37782; paratypes: SAMA, NMV 
DiagnosisDiagnosis A member of the Egernia whitii species group, very similar in most respects to E. whitii, but distinguished by the presence of a blackish upper lateral stripe usually overlain by two or three roughly longitudinal series of light grey or cream dots. Adults with complex back pattern similar to that of E. whitii, but with only two colours, a greyish background colour and blackish brown pattern. Further distinguished by low numbers of subdigital lamellae (mode <20, cf. >20 for E. montana and E. whitii) and shorter tail (<140% SVL, cf. >140% SVL) (Donnellan et al. 2002)


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CommentHabitat: Rock-dwelling.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after the Snowy Mountains type locality. 
References
  • Atkins, Z. S., Clemann, N., Chapple, D. G., Edwards , A. M., Sinsch, U., Hantzschmann, A. M., Schroder, M., Scroggie, M. P. and Robert, K. A. 2020. Demographic and life history variation in two sky-island populations of an endangered alpine lizard. Journal of Zoology 310: 34-44. - get paper here
  • Atkins, Zak; Nick Clemann, and Kylie A. Robert 2015. Does Shelter Site Selection Aid Persistence of a Threatened Alpine Lizard? Assessing Liopholis guthega Populations a Decade after Severe Fire in Southeastern Australia. Journal of Herpetology Jun 2015, Vol. 49, No. 2: 222-229. - get paper here
  • Chapple, D. G., Hutchinson, M.N., Maryan, B., Plivelich M., Moore, J.A. and Keogh J.S. 2008. Evolution and maintenance of colour pattern polymorphism in Liopholis (Squamata : Scincidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 56: 103&#8211;115 - get paper here
  • CHAPPLE, DAVID G. and J. SCOTT KEOGH 2004. Parallel adaptive radiations in arid and temperate Australia: molecular phylogeography and systematics of the Egernia whitii (Lacertilia: Scincidae) species group. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 157–173 - get paper here
  • CHAPPLE, DAVID G.; J. SCOTT KEOGH and MARK N. HUTCHINSON 2005. Substantial genetic substructuring in southeastern and alpine Australia revealed by molecular phylogeography of the Egernia whitii (Lacertilia: Scincidae) species group. Molecular Ecology 14: 1279–1292 - get paper here
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • 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
  • Donnellan,S.C.; Hutchinson M N., Dempsey, P. & Osborne, W.S. 2002. Systematics of the Egernia whitii species group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 50: 439-459 - get paper here
  • Gardner, M. G., Hugall, A. F., Donnellan, S. C., Hutchinson, M. N., and Foster, R. 2008. Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the Egernia group (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 154 (4): 781-794 - get paper here
  • Senior, A. F., Chapple, D. G., Atkins, Z. S., Clemann, N., Gardner, M. G., While, G. M., & Wong, B. B. 2021. Agonistic behavioural asymmetry in two species of montane lizard that exhibit elevational replacement. Landscape Ecology, 1-14
  • Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp.
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - 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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