Ophioscincus truncatus (PETERS, 1876)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | Short-limbed Snake-skink |
Synonym | Coloscincus truncatus PETERS 1876 Lygosoma truncatum — LONGMAN 1916 Lygosoma truncatum — SMITH 1937: 221 Lygosoma truncatum monswilsonensis COPLAND 1952 Anomalopus truncatus — COGGER 1983 Ophioscincus truncatus — GREER & COGGER 1985 Ophioscincus truncatus — COGGER 2000: 556 Ophioscincus truncatus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
Distribution | Australia (NE New South Wales, SE Queensland) truncatus: islands of Moreton Bay; Type locality: Peale Island in Moreton Bai [=Queensland, Australia]. monswilsonensis: McPherson Ranges; Type locality: Wilsons Peak, Qld. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: ZMB 8932 Holotype: AM R18587 (P–S.J. Copland, 10.xi.1940) [monswilsonensis] |
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Comment | Synonymy: SHEA 1999 says that monswilsonensis is a synonym of Ophioscincus truncatus, citing GREER & COGGER 1985. Morphology: digits: 1, toes: 1 (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014; some have limbs but really no digits) |
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