Lissolepis luctuosa (PETERS, 1866)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Egerniinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Western Mourning Skink, Western Glossy Swamp Skink
Synonym	Cyclodus (Omolepida) luctuosus PETERS 1866: 90 Egernia lauta DE VIS 1888 Egernia luctuosa — COGGER 1983 Tiliqua luctuosa — GLAUERT 1960 Egernia luctuosa — STORR 1978: 174 Egernia luctuosa — COGGER 2000: 465 Egernia luctuosa — COUPER et al. 2006: 380 Lissolepis luctuosus — GARDNER et al. 2008
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia) Type locality: “King George (Südwestaustralien).
Reproduction	viviparous.
Types	Holotype: ZMB 5380
Diagnosis	Deﬁnition (genus Lissolepis): The clade comprising Lissolepis luctuosa (Peters, 1866), and all organisms or species that share a more recent common ancestor with Lissolepis luctuosa than with Tiliqua scincoides, Egernia cunninghami, Liopholis whitii or Bellatorias major. Description (genus Lissolepis): A genus of Egernia Group skinks; medium-sized lizards (adult SVL 100–130 mm); head and body squarish in cross-section; dorsal scales smooth, in 20–28 rows; nasal scale with a long (coventryi) to short (luctuosa) postnarial groove; complete subocular scale row; eyes relatively small, the eyelids similarly coloured to the adjacent scales.
Comment	Synonymy after COGGER 1983. Type Species: Cyclodus (Omolepida) luctuosus PETERS 1866 is the type species of the genus Lissolepis PETERS 1872.
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 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 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 Peters. WILHELM C. H. 1866. Mittheilung über neue Amphibien (Amphibolurus, Lygosoma, Cyclodus, Masticophis, Crotaphopeltis) und Fische (Diagramma, Hapalogenys) des Kgl. Zoologischen Museums. Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wissensch. Berlin, 1866: 86-96. - get paper here 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://nettrek.com.au/~bush/gecko.html http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/lizards/skinks/skinks.htm http://members.iinet.net.au/~bush/gecko.html http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Lissolepis/luctuosa Google images

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