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Egernia striolata (PETERS, 1870)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Egerniinae (Tiliquini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Tree-crevice Skink, Tree Skink 
SynonymTropidolepisma striolatum PETERS 1870: 642
Tropidolepisma striolatum — GÜNTHER 1877: 414
Tropidolepisma dorsale PETERS 1874: 743
Egernia striolata — SIMPSON 1973
Egernia striolata — COGGER 1983
Egernia striolata — COGGER 2000: 472
Egernia striolata — DOUGHTY et al. 2011 
DistributionAustralia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria)

Type locality: “Lake Elphinstone (im 19° S. Br. in N.O. Australien)” [Queensland].  
ReproductionViviparous 
TypesLectotype: ZMB 6925. Designation by Bauer et al. (2003). 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1254 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy after COGGER 1983. 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin striolata (with small lines or furrows), relating to the dorsal color pattern. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
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  • 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
  • Doughty, Paul; Luke Kealley, and Stephen C. Donnellan 2011. Revision of the Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skinks (Egernia depressa species-group) from Western Australia, with descriptions of three new species. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 26: 115–137
  • Duckett, Paul E.; Margaret H. Morgan, and Adam J. Stow 2012. Tree-Dwelling Populations of the Skink Egernia striolata Aggregate in Groups of Close Kin. Copeia 2012 (1): 130-134. - 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
  • Glauert, L. 1956. A new skink from West Kimberley. Egernia striolata douglasi ssp. nov. Western Australian Naturalist 5: 117-119 - get paper here
  • Günther, A. 1877. Descriptions of three new species of lizards from Islands of Torres Straits. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19: 413—415 - get paper here
  • Kay, G.M.; D. Michael; M. Crane; S. Okada; C. MacGregor; D. Florance; D. Trengove; L. McBurney; D. Blair; D.B. Lindenmayer. 2013. A list of reptiles and amphibians from Box Gum Grassy Woodlands in south-eastern Australia. Check List 9 (3):476-481 - get paper here
  • Lucas, A. H. S. & Frost, C. 1894. The lizards indigenous to Victoria. Proc. R. Soc. Vict. (ns) 6: 24-92 - get paper here
  • Michael, D.R.; D.B. Lindenmayer; M. Crane; C. MacGregor; R. Montague-Drake; L. McBurney. 2011. Reptilia, Murray catchment, New South Wales, southeastern Australia. Check List 7 (1):25-29 - get paper here
  • Murphy, Michael J. and Jessica K. Murphy 2015. Survey of the reptiles and amphibians of Merriwindi State Conservation Area in the Pilliga forest of northern inland New South Wales. Australian Zoologist: 37 (4): 517-528 - get paper here
  • NORVAL, GERRUT; CHARLES R. BURSEY, STEPHEN R. GOLDBERG, LESLIE MORRISON & MICHAEL G. GARDNER. 2021. EGERNIA STRIOLATA (Tree Skink). ENDOPARASITES. Herpetological Review 52 (2): 406. - get paper here
  • Peters,W.C.H. 1870. Eine Mitteilung über neue Amphibien (Hemidactylus, Urosaura, Tropidolepisma, Geophis, Uriechis, Scaphiophis, Hoplocephlaus, Rana, Entomogossus, Cystignathus, Hylodes, Arthroleptis, Phyllobates, Cophomantis) des Königlich-zoologischen Museums. Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1870: 641-652 - get paper here
  • Riley JL, Noble DWA, Stow AJ, Bolton PE, While GM, Dennison S, Byrne RW and Whiting MJ 2021. Socioecology of the Australian Tree Skink (Egernia striolata). Front. Ecol. Evol. 9:722455 - get paper here
  • Simpson, KNG 1973. AMPHIBIANS, REPTILES AND MAMMALS OF THE MURRAY RIVER region between Mildura and Renmark, Australia. Mem. Nat. Mus. Vict. 34: 275-279 - get paper here
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  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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