Bellatorias frerei (GÜNTHER, 1897)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Egerniinae (Tiliquini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Major Skink
Synonym	Egernia frerei GÜNTHER 1897: 405 Egernia major — MITCHELL 1950 Egernia frerei — COGGER 1983: 156 Hortonia oakesi WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 Hortonia shinei WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 31 Egernia frerei — COGGER 2000: 461 Egernia frerei — COUPER et al. 2006: 380 Bellatorias frerei — GARDNER et al. 2008
Distribution	Australia (New South Wales, Queensland), Papua New Guinea. Type locality: Mt. Bartle Frere, Qld.
Reproduction	ovoviviparous. This is the only Egernia that occurs outside of Australia.
Types	Holotype: unknown
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Comment
Etymology	Named after Mount Bartle Frere in Queensland.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here 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. 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 Daly, Garry and Glenn Hoye 2016. Survey of the reptiles of the montane forests near Dorrigo on the north coast of New South Wales. Australian Zoologist 38 (1): 26-42 - get paper here Gardner, M. G., Hugall, A. F., Donnellan, S. C., Hutchinson, M. N., and Foster, R. 2008. Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the Egernia group (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 154 (4): 781-794 - get paper here Günther, A. 1897. Descriptions of new species of lizards and of a tree—frog from north-eastern Queensland. Novitates Zoologicae (Tring) 4: 403-406 - get paper here Mitchell, F. J. 1950. The scincid genera Egernia and Tiliqua (Lacertilia). Rec. South Austral. Mus. 9: 275-308 - 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 Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp. Swanson, S. 1979. Some rock-dwelling reptiles of the Arnhem Land escarpment. N. Territory Nat. 1: 14-18 Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.biol.lu.se/zooekologi/jon/herpbild/herpbild.htm http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/lizards/skinks/skinks.htm http://www.jcu.edu.au/dept/Zoology/herp/paluma.html http://www.chez.com/reptilis/egernia.htm http://www.wildherps.com/species/E.frerei.html http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Bellatorias/frerei Google images

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