Anomalopus verreauxii DUMÉRIL, 1851
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Three-clawed Worm-skink, Verreaux's Skink |
Synonym | Anomalopus verreauxii A. DUMÉRIL in DUMÉRIL & DUMÉRIL 1851: 185 Siaphus simplex COPE 1864: 229 Anomalopus Godeffroyi PETERS 1867: 24 Chelomeles pseudopus GÜNTHER 1873: 145 Lygosoma verreauxi — SMITH 1937: 221 Anomalopus verreauxi — COGGER 1983 Anomalopus verreauxi — COGGER 2000: 386 Anomalopus verreauxi — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Anomalopus verreauxii — RABOSKY et al. 2014 |
Distribution | Australia (New South Wales, Queensland) Type locality: Australia [S. simplex] |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MNHN-RA 3047, from Tasmania (in error) (Anomalopus verreauxii) Syntypes: ZMB 5296-7, from East Australia [Anomalopus Godeffroyi] Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.3.59, from unknown locality [Chelomeles pseudopus] |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus): Greer & Cogger 1985: 14. |
Comment | Synonymy partly after COGGER 1983. Type species: Anomalopus verreauxii DUMÉRIL & DUMÉRIL 1851: 185 is the type species of the genus Anomalopus DUMÉRIL & DUMÉRIL 1851. Phylogenetics: see Singhal et al. 2017 and 2018 for a phylogeny of Australian sphenomorphine skinks, including the genus Anomalopus. However, A. verreauxi was not included in their tree. Limb morphology: 3 digits, 1 toes (Reduced limbs, Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) |
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