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Liopholis aputja FARQUHAR, MULDER, RUSSELL, HAINES, RANGERS & CHAPPLE, 2024

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Egerniinae (Tiliquini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Central Ranges Rock Skink 
SynonymLiopholis aputja FARQUHAR, MULDER, RUSSELL, HAINES, RANGERS & CHAPPLE 2024: 165 
DistributionAustralia (NW South Australia: Mann-Musgrave Ranges)

Type locality: Alalkanya Gorge, 13 km north of Pukatja, Musgrave Ranges, South Australia (-26.1633, 132.1166).  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype (Figure 4). SAMA R60802, adult, collected at night while active by J. van Weenan on 20 October 2005 (J. van Weenan pers. comm. 2024). Measurements in millimetres: SVL 92, tail 158 (original, 170% of SVL), HL 20, HW 15.1, HD 9.6, AGL 46.2, BW 18.7, FLL 26.3, HLL 36. Scale counts: MSR 37, SubDig 28, SupLab 9, SupCil 6, Cil 13, Lob 5 (with an additional 6th miniscule uppermost lobule), nuchal scales in two pairs (cf. one pair in all other specimens). Colouration of this specimen is typical of the species in preservative.
Paratypes: R51590, 36.5 km ESE of Amata, South Australia (-26.2558, 131.4933), collected by M. Hutchinson on 25 October 1998; R17456, juvenile, Erliwunyawunya Rockhole, South Australia (-26.35833, 131.72499), collected on 7 July 1961; R17271, Piltadi, South Australia (-26.116, 130.283). 
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References
  • FARQUHAR, J. E., MULDER, J. A., RUSSELL, W., HAINES, M. L., RANGERS, A., & CHAPPLE, D. G. 2024. A new species of rock skink (Scincidae: Liopholis) from the Central Ranges bioregion of arid Australia. Zootaxa, 5536(1), 153-177 - get paper here
 
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