Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus (HALLOWELL, 1861)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae (Ateuchosauridae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Ryukyu short-legged skink |
Synonym | Lygosaurus pellopleurus HALLOWELL 1861: 496 Lygosoma pellopleurum — BOULENGER 1887: 319 Lygosoma (Homolepida) pellopleurum — BOETTGER 1895: 107 Lygosaurus pellopleurus — STEJNEGER 1907: 222 Lygosaurus pellopleurus browni VAN DENBURGH 1912: 7 Lygosoma okinavensis THOMPSON 1912 (fide OKADA 1939) Lygosaurus pellopleurus — SCLATER 1950 Ateuchosaurus pellopleurum — SMITH 1937: 231 Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus — GORIS & MAEDA 2004 Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus — MAKINO et al. 2020 |
Distribution | Japan (Amami-oshima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago) Type locality: Onsima, Japan; one specimen from Loo-Choo. browni: Type locality: Amami O-shima, Loo Choo Islands, Japan |
Reproduction | |
Types | Syntype: USNM 42110 Holotype: CAS 21537 [okinavensis] Holotype: CAS 21408 [browni] |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Distribution: see map in Makino et al. 2020 (Fig 1). Subspecies: the subspecies browni is not recognized by recent authors (e.g. Makino et al. 2020). |
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