Calyptotis scutirostrum (PETERS, 1874)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Scute-snouted Calyptotis |
Synonym | Lygosoma scutirostrum PETERS 1874: 743 Cophoscincus obscurus O’SHAUGHNESSY 1874: 35 Lygosoma scutirostris — MÜLLER 1880 Calyptotis flaviventer DE VIS 1886 Calyptotis flaviventer — LONGMAN 1916 Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) scutirostrum — SMITH 1937: 221 Sphenomorphus scutirostrus — COGGER 1983 Calyptotis scutirostrum — GREER 1983: 39 Calyptotis scutirostrum — COGGER 2000: 388 Calyptotis scutirostris — REEDER 2003 Calyptotis scutirostrum — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
Distribution | Australia (New South Wales, Queensland) Type locality: “Port Bowen” [= Port Clinton, Queensland] |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: ZMB 7823 |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Calyptotis scutirostrum differs from all other species of Calyptotis in combining the absence of prefrontal scales with the presence of a scaly, conical auricular depression (GREER 1983: 39). |
Comment | Synonymy: mostly after GREER 1983: 39. Type species: Calyptotis flaviventer DE VIS 1886 is the type species of the genus Calyptotis DE VIS 1886. 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, Brandley et al 2008) Morphology: Hutchinson et al. 2021 present a table of morphological character states across 20 Australian sphenomorphine skinks, including this genus. |
Etymology | Although Wilhelm Peters did not specifically state that the name scutirostrum derived from the large frontonasal scale of the type, he described the scale and perhaps sought to emphasize it with this name. |
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