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Liopholis purnululu APLIN, MARYAN, ARMSTRONG, PAVEY & DONNELLAN, 2024

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Egerniinae (Tiliquini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Purnululu Skink 
SynonymLiopholis purnululu APLIN, MARYAN, ARMSTRONG, PAVEY & DONNELLAN 2024 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia)

Type locality: Bungle Bungle Range, Purnululu National Park (-17.43, 128.4), Western Australia, Australia  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. WAM R103112, female, collected by N. Gambold, 5 July 1989. Fixed in 10% formalin, stored in 70% ethanol.
Paratypes. Five from Western Australia. WAM R103113–114, male, female, Bungle Bungle Range, Purnululu National Park (-17.43, 128.4); WAM R156715–716, WAM R156745, female, female, male, Bungle Bungle Range, Purnululu National Park (-17.35, 128.62). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A moderately robust, small-sized Liopholis (maximum SVL 77 mm), with round pupil, smooth dorsal and caudal scales, relatively short tail, up to 39 midbody scale rows, ≤ 20 fourth toe lamellae and a plain brownish coloration with obscure pattern. (Aplin et al. 2024)


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CommentDistribution: for a map see Aplin et al. 2024: 306 (Fig. 1) 
EtymologyAfter the regional name in the Aboriginal Kija language for the sandstone of the Bungle Bungle Range, and with the aim of drawing attention to the biological endemism of this significant landform in the southeast Kimberley (Gambold 1992). Used as a noun in apposition. 
References
  • APLIN, K. P., MARYAN, B., ARMSTRONG, K. N., PAVEY, C. R., & DONNELLAN, S. C. 2024. Molecular and morphological assessment of the Liopholis inornata (Rosén, 1905) species group (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae), with descriptions of two new species from northern Western Australia. Zootaxa 5551(2), 299-332 - get paper here
 
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