Egernia depressa (GÜNTHER, 1875)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Egerniinae (Tiliquini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink
Synonym	Silubosaurus depressus GÜNTHER 1875: 15 Egernia depressa — GLAUERT 1960: 77 Egernia depressa — COGGER 1983: 156 Egernia depressa — COGGER 2000: 458 Egernia depressa — DOUGHTY et al. 2011
Distribution	Australia (Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia) Type locality: S interior of W. A. (as Swan River)
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.18.41-42 (formerly 75.2.27.1-2)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A member of the E. depressa species-group, with a relatively long, deep and broad head, long limbs, long and thin dorsal spines that lie almost parallel to body and project clearly beyond scale, nasals in broad contact, divided nasal scale, numerous supraciliaries (4–6), head scales not raised and lacking spines on posterior border, ear opening large without lobules projecting over opening, 32–38 MBSR, numerous subdigital lamellae on fourth digits (fingers 12–16, toes 14–16), slightly raised flat scales on palmar and plantar surfaces, tail wide, dorsal surface of tail flat with long recurved spines. Colouration: head brown with black sutures, anterior of body light brown, posterior brownish-grey, irregular dark transverse bands on tail and posterior two-thirds of body, bands often edged with white [from DOUGHTY et al. 2011].
Comment
Etymology	The adjective depressa (Latin) refers to the dorsoventrally flattened appearance of this species.
References	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 Day, K. 1980. Notes on the pygmy spiny tailed skink, Egernia depressa (Günther) in captivity. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 11: 29 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 Glauert, L. 1960. Herpetological miscellanea. XII. The family Scincidae in Western Australia. Pt. 1. The genera Tiliqua, Trachysaurus and Egernia. Western Australian Naturalist 7 (3): 67-77 - get paper here Günther, A. 1875. A list of the saurians of Australia and New Zealand. Pp. 9-19. In: Richardson, J., and J. E. Gray. The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror, during the years 1839 to 1843. By authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Vol. 2. E. W. Janson, London - get paper here Hallermann, J. 2020. An annotated list of reptiles and amphibians from the 1905 Hamburg expedition to southwest Australia deposited in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Evolutionary Systematics 4: 61 - get paper here Licht, P., W.R. Dawson & V.H. Shoemaker 1966. Heat resistance of some Australian lizards Copeia 1966 (2): 162-169. - get paper here Mitchell, F. J. 1950. The scincid genera Egernia and Tiliqua (Lacertilia). Rec. South Austral. Mus. 9: 275-308 - get paper here Obelgönner, Lutz 2009. Egernia depressa – ein stacheliges Juwel. Aquaristik Fachmagazin 41 (4), 84–89 Pianka, E. R. 1969. Habitat specificity, speciation, and species density in Australian desert lizards. Ecology 50 (3): 498-502 - get paper here Storr G M 1978. The genus Egernia (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 6 (2): 147-187 - get paper here Storr, G. M., Smith, L. A. & Johnstone, R. E. 1981. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Perth: University of Western Australia Press and Western Australian Museum, 200 pp. Storr, G. M.; L. A. Smith, and R. E. Johnstone 1999. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Revised Edition. Western Australian Museum 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.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/scincidae.pdf http://www.lacerta.de/AS/Taxon.php?Genus=50&Species=269 http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Farm/3473/cool.html http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Egernia/depressa http://www.bobgolding.co.uk/Zoological-Garden-University-of-Ibadan-Nigeria… https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/433210582236879 Google images

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