Lissolepis coventryi (STORR, 1978)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Egerniinae (Tiliquini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Eastern Mourning Skink, Swamp Skink
Synonym	Egernia coventryi STORR 1978: 175 Egernia coventryi — COGGER 2000: 457 Egernia coventryi — COUPER et al. 2006: 380 Lissolepis coventryi — GARDNER 2008 Lissolepis coventryi — HUMPHREY et al. 2017
Distribution	Australia (New South Wales?, South Australia, Victoria) Type locality: Shipwreck Creek, approx. 20 km SW of Mallacoota, in 37° 37’ S, 149° 39’ E, Vic.
Reproduction	ovoviviparous
Types	Holotype: NMV D18284
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A small member of the E. luctuosa group, distinguishable from E. luctuosa by its striped rather than spotted back and long postnarial groove; it is also smaller, with relatively shorter appendages, smaller ear aperture, nasals and prefrontals, and fewer midbody scale rows, subdigitallamellae, supraciliaries and upper labials (Storr 1978: 175).
Comment
Etymology	Named after Albert John Coventry (b. 1936) who worked for 47 years at Museum Victoria as a herpetologist and is now Emeritus Curator of Herpetology.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Clemann, N., D.G. Chapple & J. Wainer 2004. Sexual Dimorphism, Diet, and Reproduction in the Swamp Skink, Egernia coventryi. Journal of Herpetology 38 (3): 461-467. - 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 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 Humphrey, Jacinta E.; Kylie A. Robert and Steve W. J. Leonard 2017. Elliott traps found to be ineffective for the survey of swamp skink (Lissolepis coventryi): a cautionary tale of outdated survey guidelines. Wildlife Research - get paper here Senior, A.F., Clemann, N., Gardner, M.G. et al. 2021. Genetic structure, diversity and distribution of a threatened lizard affected by widespread habitat fragmentation. Conserv Genet (2021) - 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 Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp. 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.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/covelive1.htm http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/covelive2.htm http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/covelive3.htm http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/covelive4.htm http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Lissolepis… Google images

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