Hemiergis millewae COVENTRY, 1976

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Triodia Earless Skink
Synonym	Hemiergis millewae COVENTRY 1976 Hemiergis millewae — COGGER 1983: 165 Arenicolascincus millewae — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 23 Arenicolascincus lami WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 24 (nom. nud.) Hemiergis millewe [sic] — FRANK & RAMUS 1995: 187 Hemiergis millewae — COGGER 2000: 502 Hemiergis millewae — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia) Type locality: Millewa South bore, in 34° 56'28"S, 141'4’ E, Vic.
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: NMV D47410
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (Arenicolascincus): “A genus of small semi-fossorial Scincid lizards closely allied to Hemiergis and readily distinguished by the following combination of characters: Limbs pentadactyl; ear depression deep; nasals separated; prefrontals only narrowly separated; nuchals usually 2; supraciliaries 6-7; supralabials 7 (the 5th sub-ocular); sub-digital lamellae under 4th toe 13-16.” (Wells and Wellington 1985: 23)
Comment	Type species: Hemiergis millewae COVENTRY 1976 is the type species of the genus Arenicolascincus WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985. The description and diagnosis of A. lami only refers to “Storr et al. (1981:124, Plate 2.8)” without further details. Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Reeder and Reichert 2011)
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
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 Coventry, A. J. 1976. A new species of Hemiergis (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from Victoria. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vict. 37: 23-26 - get paper here Jules E. Farquhar 2019. Range extension of the Triodia Earless Skink Hemiergis millewae, and first record in New South Wales. Australian Zoologist In-Press - get paper here Nimmo, Dale, Spence-Bailey, Lisa M. and Kenny, Sally 2008. Range extension of the Millewa Skink Hemiergis millewae in the Murray-Sunset National Park, Victoria. Victorian Naturalist 125 (4): 110-113 - get paper here 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 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.kingsnake.com/oz/lizards/skinks/skinks.htm http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/milllive1.htm http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Hemiergis/millewae Google images

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