Praeteropus brevicollis (GREER & COGGER, 1985)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Short-necked Worm-skink
Synonym	Anomalopus (Vermiseps) brevicollis GREER & COGGER 1985: 29 Anomalopus brevicollis — COGGER 2000: 382 Anomalopus brevicollis — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Praeteropus brevicollis — HUTCHINSON et al. 2021
Distribution	Australia (Queensland) Type locality: 1.0km E Frenchville Rd via Pilbeam Drive, Mt Archer, (Rd to summit), Qld
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: QM J42616 (previously AMS (AM) R96212), collected by A. Greer & P. Greer, 21.viii.1976.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Differs from all other species of Anomalopus in the following combination of characters: limbs totally lacking, nasals in broad contact, and paravertebral scales 84-102. It is also unique among Anomalopus in having the first sternal rib arising from the eighth presacral vertebra instead of the ninth, and unique in Vermiseps in having the frontal and maxilla bones in contact (thereby separating the prefrontal and nasal) (GREER & COGGER 1985: 29).
Comment	Phylogenetics: Singhal et al. 2018 found considerable paraphyly among A. gowi, brevicollis, and other members of Anomalopus. However, they did not propose any taxonomic implications. Limb morphology: 0 digits 0 toes (Limbless, Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014)
Etymology	The name brevicollis derives from the Latin for 'short neck' and calls attention to reduced number of cervical vertebrae (8 instead of 9).
References	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 Covacevich J.A., Couper, P.J., McDonald, K.R. 1998. Reptile diversity at risk in the Brigalow Belt, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42 (2): 475-486 - get paper here Greer A E; Cogger H G 1985. Systematics of the reduce-limbed and limbless skinks currently assigned to the genus Anomalopus (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Rec. Austral. Mus. 37(1) 1985: 11-54 - get paper here Hutchinson, M. N., Couper, P., Amey, A., & Wilmer, J. W. 2021. Diversity and Systematics of Limbless Skinks (Anomalopus) from Eastern Australia and the Skeletal Changes that Accompany the Substrate Swimming Body Form. Journal of Herpetology 55 (4): 361-384 - get paper here Singhal, Sonal; Huateng Huang, Maggie R. Grundler, María R. Marchán-Rivadeneira, Iris Holmes, Pascal O. Title, Stephen C. Donnellan, and Daniel L. Rabosky 2018. Does Population Structure Predict the Rate of Speciation? A Comparative Test across Australia’s Most Diverse Vertebrate Radiation. The American Naturalist - get paper here Skinner, Adam; Mark N. Hutchinson, Michael S.Y. Lee 2013. Phylogeny and Divergence Times of Australian Sphenomorphus Group Skinks (Scincidae, Squamata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69 (3): 906–918 - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/scincidae.pdf http://www.lacerta.de/AS/Taxon.php?Genus=50&Species=269 http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1206%2F308.1 http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Anomalopus… Google images

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