Concinnia tenuis (GRAY, 1831)
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Concinnia tenuis
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Bar-sided Forest-skink, Barred-sided Skink |
| Synonym | Tiliqua tenuis GRAY 1831: 71 Lygosoma erucata DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 726 Lygosoma tenue — GARMAN 1901: 7 Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) tenue — SMITH 1937: 220 Sphenomorphus tenuis — COGGER 1983: 187 Eulamprus tenuis — GREER 1992 Sphenomorphus tenuis — FRANK & RAMUS 1995: 196 Eulamprus tenuis — COGGER 2000: 487 Eulamprus tenuis — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Concinnia tenuis — SKINNER et al. 2013 Concinnia tenuis — COGGER 2014: 455 Concinnia tenuis — TORKKOLA et al. 2026 |
| Distribution | Australia (New South Wales, S Queensland) Type locality: Australia |
| Reproduction | ovoviviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.17.15 (formerly xv.8a, 1937.12.6.13), Australia, collector unknown. Other specimens: AMS, QM, QNPWS. Holotype: MNHP 7035, from Australia [Lygosoma erucata] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A clade in the Australian Sphenomorphini group displaying the following combination of character states: pentadactyl limbs with phalangeal formula of manus 2.3.4.5.3; phalangeal formula of pes 2.3.4.5.4; midbody scales 28 or more; anterior ear lobules absent; supranasals usually absent (except in C. amplus); lower eyelid moveable and scaly; parietal scales in contact behind the interparietal; postmental in contact with two infralabials on both sides; third set of enlarged chin shield separated by three scales in a longitudinal series (except in C. queenslandiae); fourth toe much longer than third; and basal lamellae sometimes divided but all distal lamellae undivided. Greer (1992) also noted that species in Concinnia as defined here are characterised by inguinal fat bodies, and although this state may be pleisomorphic, it is nonetheless absent in some other outwardly similar and related genera in the MEA clade (e.g. Silvascincus and Tumbanoscincus). (Torkkola et al. 2026) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about about .81 pages) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
| Comment | Synonymy: Lygosoma brachysoma LÖNNBERG & ANDERSSON 1915 has been considered a synonym of Eulamprus tenuis by COGGER 1983 and others but is now treated as a separate species. Synonymy partly after COGGER 1983. Type species: Tiliqua tenuis GRAY 1831: 71 is the type species of the genus Concinnia WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984. Phylogenetics: see Singhal et al. 2017 and 2018 for a phylogeny of Australian sphenomorphine skinks. Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) Morphology: Hutchinson et al. 2021 present a table of morphological character states across 20 Australian sphenomorphine skinks, including this genus. Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. |
| Etymology | Named after Latin “tenuis” = slender. The genus name Concinnia means “skillfully put together” (fide Wells & Wellington 1984: 88, without further explanation). Apparently from Latin con-(= together) and Greek “kin” (= movable, as in kinesis) |
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