Lygisaurus sesbrauna INGRAM & COVACEVICH, 1988
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Lygisaurus sesbrauna
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Eastern Cape Litter-skink |
| Synonym | Lygisaurus sesbrauna INGRAM & COVACEVICH 1988 Lygisaurus sesbrauna — COGGER 2000: 540 Carlia sesbrauna — STUART -FOX et al. 2002 Lygisaurus sesbrauna — DOLMAN & HUGALL 2008 |
| Distribution | Australia (Queensland) Type locality: Lake Boronto, Cape York Peninsula, N Queensland (10°46' S, 142°34' E). |
| Reproduction | oviparous (phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: QM J24664 Paratypes: R21332 78 mi. S Coen, Qld (P–H.R. Bustard, 11.viii.1963); R40950 6mi. SW Somerset, Blackwater Lagoon, Qld (University of New England, 29.viii.1972); R40952–53 3mi. N Iron Range, Qld (University Of New England, 7.ix.1972); R56062 Somerset, Qld (Cameron, Cogger & Webber, 8.vii.1976); R56168 Somerset, Qld (Cameron, Cogger & Webber, 11.vii.1976). R40952–53 listed twice by Ingram & Covacevich, once with locality above, once (erroneously) with locality as for R40950. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium sized (maximum SV length 34 mm) Lygisaurus sharing several characters with L. laevis, L. tanneri and L. macfarlani (see Table 1 for summary of differences). It is most easily confused with L. laevis. For differences, see diagnosis of L. laevis (Ingram and Covacevich, 1988: 346). |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named for Ses Brauna who generously assisted Glen Ingram with field work on Murray Island. Ses Brauna (also spelt Ses Baroona in a paper on the birds Ingram observed while he was on Mer Island, published in Sunbird) was a very old man who befriended Glen during his enforced stay on Mer Island, and took him around to his gardens and told him the indigenous names for various species and told him their stories. Glen has recently also found an online service record for him, which gives the spelling of his name as Baruna (see link to vwma.org.au), b. 1905. Probably Glen’s field notes at the time spelt the name phonetically and he never checked before he named the species sesbrauna. (Glenn Shea, pers. comm., 2 Feb 2024) |
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