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Tiliqua nigrolutea (QUOY & GAIMARD, 1824)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Egerniinae (Tiliquini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Blotched Bluetongue, Southern Bluetongue, Blotched Blue-Tongued Lizard 
SynonymScincus nigroluteus QUOY & GAIMARD 1824: 176
Scincus erucotis GRAY 1839: 290 (nomen nudum)
Cyclodus nigroluteus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 750
Tiliqua nigrolutea GRAY — SMITH 1937: 233
Tiliqua nigrolutea — COGGER 1983: 190
Tiliqua nigrolutea — COGGER 2000: 577
Tiliqua nigrolutea — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria)  
ReproductionViviparous 
TypesLectotype: MNHN-RA 7134 (adult), New Holland (description gives Blue Mountains, NSW), collected Quoy & Gaimard. Designation by Wells & Wellington (1985). Other syntypes: MNHN-RA 3024 (adult), MNHN-RA 3023 (juvenile), from Blue Mts., N. S. W. (MNHN catalogue cites New Holland). 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy partly after COGGER 1983.

Photo in Elaphe 19 (2): 79 [2011]. 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin niger (black) plus luteus (yellow), in reference to the black and yellow color pattern. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
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  • Baehr, M. 1976. Beiträge zur Verbreitung und Ökologie tasmanischer Reptilien. Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. (A) 292: 1-24 - get paper here
  • Broaddus, Jane 1994. Blue-tongued skinks: Tiliqua. Reptile & Amphibian magazine (March/April): 32-39
  • Brygoo, E.R. 1985. Les types des scincidés (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, catalogue critique. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (4e sér.) 7 (sect. A 3), suppl.: 1-126
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  • 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
  • DOODY, J. SEAN. 2022. TILIQUA NIGROLUTEA (Blotched Bluetongue Skink). PRECOCIOUSNESS. Herpetological Review 53 (1): 139–140.
  • Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol. 5. Roret/Fain et Thunot, Paris, 871 pp. - get paper here
  • Edwards, A. & S.M. Jones 2001. Changes in Plasma Testosterone, Estrogen, and Progesterone Concentrations throughout the Annual Reproductive Cycle in Male Viviparous Blue-Tongued Skinks, Tiliqua nigrolutea, in Tasmania Journal of Herpetology 35 (2): 293-299. - get paper here
  • Edwards, A., S.M. Jones & E. Wapstra 2002. Multiennial Reproduction in Females of a Viviparous, Temperate-Zone Skink, Tiliqua nigrolutea Herpetologica 58 (4): 407-414. - get paper here
  • Escoriza Boj, D. 2005. Australia. Reptiles and Amphibians, Part 1: Rainforest. Reptilia (GB) (40): 70-75 - get paper here
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  • Hutchinson, M.N. 1979. The reptiles of Kinglake National Park. Victorian Naturalist 96: 124-134 - get paper here
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  • Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
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