Tumbunascincus luteilateralis (COVACEVICH & MCDONALD, 1980)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | Orange-speckled Forest-skink |
Synonym | Sphenomorphus luteilateralis COVACEVICH & MCDONALD 1980 Sphenomorphus luteilateralis — COGGER 1983 Concinnia luteilateralis — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1983 Eulamprus luteilateralis — FRANK & RAMUS 1995 Eulamprus luteilateralis — COGGER 2000: 485 Eulamprus luteilateralis — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Tumbunascincus luteilateralis — SKINNER et al. 2013 Concinnia luteilateralis — COGGER 2014: 453, 978 |
Distribution | Australia (CE Queensland) Type locality: Eungella National Park, in 21° OYS, 148° 35’ E, Qld. |
Reproduction | viviparous |
Types | Holotype: QM J31685 |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus): Australian Sphenomorphus group scincids possessing the following combination of derived character states: third pair of enlarged chin scales separated by 5 (instead of 3) scale rows, visceral fat bodies absent, postmental contacts a single infralabial, lateral surfaces between forelimb and hind limb bright orange with small white spots (see Covacevich and McDonald, 1980). |
Comment | Type species: Sphenomorphus luteilateralis COVACEVICH & MCDONALD 1980 is the type species of the genus Tumbunascincus SKINNER et al. 2013. Phylogenetics: see Singhal et al. 2017 and 2018 for a phylogeny of Australian sphenomorphine skinks. Morphology: digits: 5, toes: 5 (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) |
Etymology | Etymology (genus): The name refers to the Tumbunan zoogeographic division, which includes (among other regional faunas) the sub-tropical rainforest fauna of the Eungella Plateau in mid-eastern Queensland (see Schodde, 2006). |
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