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Hemiergis talbingoensis COPLAND, 1946

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesHemiergis talbingoensis talbingoensis COPLAND 1946
Hemiergis talbingoensis davisi COPLAND 1946 
Common NamesE: Victoria Three-toed Earless Skink 
SynonymHemiergis decresiensis talbingoensis COPLAND 1946: 71
Hemiergis decresiensis talbingoensis — SHEA 1999: 35
Hemiergis talbingoensis — REEDER & REICHERT 2011

Hemiergis talbingoensis davisi COPLAND 1946
Hemiergis decresiensis davisi COPLAND 1946: 79
Hemiergis decresiensis davisi — SHEA 1999: 35
Hemiergis talbingoensis davisi — WILSON & SWAN 2013: 286 
DistributionAustralia (S New South Wales and Victoria)

Type locality: Talbingo, NSW

davisi: C and N Great Dividing Range, New South Wales. Type locality: Poison Swamp Creek, 2.7 miles S Bendemeer near New England Hwy, NSW.davisi: C and N Great Dividing Range, New South Wales. Type locality: Poison Swamp Creek, 2.7 miles S Bendemeer near New England Hwy, NSW.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: AMS R57654 (S.J. Copland, 3.xii.1943) (Copland collection number 2081). Paratypes: R12084, R64221 Talbingo, NSW (J.C. Wiburd); R52344, R57622–31, R142006 Talbingo, NSW (S.J. Copland, 28.xi.1943) (2008–10, 2012–20, 2011); R57586 1.8mi. from Talbingo on Kiandra rd, NSW (S.J. Copland, 28.i.1943) (1687); R57632–47 Talbingo, NSW (S.J. Copland, 1.xii.1943) (2030–42, 2046–48); R57648–52 Talbingo, NSW (S.J. Copland, 2.xii.1943) (2053–55, 2057, 2059); R57653, R57655–60, R57672 Talbingo, NSW (S.J. Copland, 3.xii.1943) (2080, 2082–85, 2087–89).
Holotype: AMS R58733, given as "author's collection" in Copland 1946, but as AMS in Shea 1999 [davisi] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Hemiergis decresiensis talbingoensis is separated from the typical subspecies H.d. decresiensis by the lower number of midbody scale rows (22 in the holotype against 24: average for 94 specimens examined 21.74), lower number of lamellae beneath mid-toe (seven in the holotype against eight: average for 96 specimens examined 7.18). There are also differences in scalation, colour and size, these three points being dealt with in the tables and descriptions. (Copland 1946)


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CommentSynonymy mainly after COGGER 1983.

Limb morphology: 3 digits, 3 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
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.
  • Copland, S.J. 1946. Geographic variation in the lizard Hemiergis decresiensis (Fitzinger). Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 70: 62-92 [1945] - get paper here
  • 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
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  • 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
  • Eldridge, M. D. B., S. Ingleby, A. G. King, S. V. Mahony, H. E. Parnaby, C. A. Beatson, A. Divljan, G. J. Frankham, A. C. Hay, R. E. Major, S. E. Reader, R. A. Sadlier, and L. R. Tsang. 2020. Australian Museum surveys of the vertebrate fauna of Coolah Tops National Park, NSW. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum Online 30: 1–26 - get paper here
  • Greenbaum, E. 2000. Herpetofaunal observations in disparate habitats in south Sustralia, New South Wales, and queensland, Australia. Herpetological Bulletin (72): 6-16 - get paper here
  • Michael, D. 2025. Field Guide to the Reptiles of Albury Wodonga. Charles Sturt University - get paper here
  • Reeder, Tod W and Jennifer D Reichert 2011. Phylogenetic Relationships within the Australian Limb-Reduced Lizard Genus Hemiergis (Scincidae: Squamata) as Inferred from the Bayesian Analysis of Mitochondrial rRNA Gene Sequences. Copeia 2011 (1): 113-120. - get paper here
  • Shea, Glenn M; Sadlier, Ross A 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. TECHNICAL REPORTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM 15, 1999: 1-91 - 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 192 (4): 432-447 - get paper here
  • Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp.
 
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