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Glaphyromorphus crassicauda (DUMÉRIL & DUMÉRIL, 1851)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cape York Mulch-skink 
SynonymLygosoma crassicaudum DUMÉRIL & DUMÉRIL 1851
Homolepida crassicauda — BARBOUR 1914: 204
Lygosoma (Iatiscincus) crassicauda — SMITH 1937: 222
Sphenomorphus crassicaudus — COGGER 1983
Sphenomorphus crassicaudus — GREER 1985
Opacitascincus crassicaudus — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 36
Gongylus crassicaudum — FRANK & RAMUS 1995
Glaphyromorphus crassicaudis — REEDER 2003 (pers. comm.)
Glaphyromorphus crassicaudis — COUPER et al. 2006: 381
Eremiascincus crassicaudis
Glaphyromorphus crassicaudus — SKINNER et al. 2013
Glaphyromorphus crassicaudus — CHAPPLE et al. 2021 
DistributionAustralia (Queensland)

Type locality: Oceania, see Guibé (1954) (original description cites Australia and Oceania).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 2979 
Diagnosis 
CommentType species: Lygosoma crassicaudum DUMÉRIL & DUMÉRIL 1851 is the type species of the genus Opacitascincus WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 36.

Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) 
EtymologyNamed after its thick tail (Latin crassus, -a = thick, dense, and Latin “cauda” = tail).

The species name needs to be crassicauda, according to ICZN Article 34.2.1 which states that the gender of a noun in apposition must not be changed to agree in gender with the generic name, The Latin noun for tail is cauda and of female gender. For further explanations and examples see Böhme & Denzer (2019). However, not everybody agrees on this. The original name -caudum is supposed to stand as original name (crassicaudum), following ICZN Article 32.3 and 32.4 (Preservation of correct original spelling) or use the spelling in prevailing usage (crassicaudus) which is to be maintained (Article  33.3.1). 
References
  • Barbour, T., 1914. On some Australasian reptiles. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 27: 201—206. - get paper here
  • Böhme, W. & Denzer, W. 2019. Warum die Endungen adjektivischer Artnamen dem Geschlecht der Gattungsnamen angepasst werden müssen Sauria 41 (1): 55–62 - get paper here
  • Chapple, David G; Roll, Uri; Böhm, Monika; Aguilar, Rocío Amey, Andrew P Austin, Chris C Baling, Marleen Barley, Anthony J Bates, Michael F Bauer, Aaron M Blackburn, Daniel G Bowles, Phil Brown, Rafe M Chandramouli, S R Chirio, Laurent Cogger, Hal Co 2021. Conservation Status of the World’s Skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and Geographic Patterns in Extinction Risk. Biological Conservation 257: 109101 - get paper here
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • 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
  • Duméril, A.M.C. & A. H. A. Duméril 1851. Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptiles du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Gide et Baudry/Roret, Paris, 224 pp.
  • Greer A E 1985. A new species of Sphenomorphus from northeastern Queensland. Journal of Herpetology 19 (4): 469-473 - get paper here
  • Guibé, J. 1954. Catalogue des Types de Lézards du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Naturelle. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 119 pp.
  • Singhal, Sonal; Huateng Huang, Maggie R. Grundler, María R. Marchán-Rivadeneira, Iris Holmes, Pascal O. Title, Stephen C. Donnellan, and Daniel L. Rabosky 2018. Does Population Structure Predict the Rate of Speciation? A Comparative Test across Australia’s Most Diverse Vertebrate Radiation. The American Naturalist - get paper here
  • Skinner, Adam; Mark N. Hutchinson, Michael S.Y. Lee 2013. Phylogeny and Divergence Times of Australian Sphenomorphus Group Skinks (Scincidae, Squamata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69 (3): 906–918 - get paper here
  • Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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