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Liopholis personata (STORR, 1968)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Egerniinae (Tiliquini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Centralian Ranges Rock-skink, Flinders Ranges Rock-skink 
SynonymEgernia margaretae personata STORR 1968
Egernia personata — CHAPPLE & KEOGH 2004
Egernia margaretae personata — CHAPPLE et al. 2005
Liopholis margaretae personata — CHAPPLE et al. 2008
Liopholis margaretae personata — WILSON & SWAN 2013: 328
Liopholis margaretae personata — COGGER 2014: 638 
DistributionAustralia (South Australia)

Type locality: Wilpena Gorge, S. A.  
Reproductionovovivparous. 
TypesHolotype: SAMA R3748 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A pale member of the E. whitei superspecies' with .very little pattern,. narrrow snout, long appendages, and strongly callose subdigital lamellae. Distinguished from E..m. margaretae by paler coloration and longer limbs. Chapple et al. 2005 also showed that personata is paraphyletic with margaretae and thus suggested to separate it. 
CommentThis species exhibit colour pattern polymorphism (Chapple et al. 2008). 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin personatus (masked), in reference to the facial pattern. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
  • Chapple, D. G., Hutchinson, M.N., Maryan, B., Plivelich M., Moore, J.A. and Keogh J.S. 2008. Evolution and maintenance of colour pattern polymorphism in Liopholis (Squamata : Scincidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 56: 103–115 - get paper here
  • CHAPPLE, DAVID G. and J. SCOTT KEOGH 2004. Parallel adaptive radiations in arid and temperate Australia: molecular phylogeography and systematics of the Egernia whitii (Lacertilia: Scincidae) species group. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 157–173 - get paper here
  • CHAPPLE, DAVID G.; J. SCOTT KEOGH and MARK N. HUTCHINSON 2005. Substantial genetic substructuring in southeastern and alpine Australia revealed by molecular phylogeography of the Egernia whitii (Lacertilia: Scincidae) species group. Molecular Ecology 14: 1279–1292 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Donnellan,S.C.; Hutchinson M N., Dempsey, P. & Osborne, W.S. 2002. Systematics of the Egernia whitii species group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 50: 439-459 - get paper here
  • Foster, Ralph 1993. A significant range extension of Egernia margaretae personata? Herpetofauna (Sydney) 23 (2): 35-36
  • Gardner, M. G., Hugall, A. F., Donnellan, S. C., Hutchinson, M. N., and Foster, R. 2008. Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the Egernia group (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 154 (4): 781-794 - 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. 1968. Revision of the Egernia whitei species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae). J. R. Soc. West. Aust. 51: 51-62
  • 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.
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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