Lygisaurus zuma COUPER, 1993

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Sun-loving Litter-skink
Synonym	Lygisaurus zuma COUPER 1993 Lygisaurus zuma — COGGER 2000: 763 Carlia zuma — STUART -FOX et al. 2002 Lygisaurus zuma — DOLMAN & HUGALL 2008
Distribution	Australia (Queensland: Mackay district) Type locality: Boulder Ck, via Mt Charlton, MEQ (21°01'S, 148°43'E).
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: QM J55760 female, collected by P.J. & K.L.D. Couper on 21-23 July 1992.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A medium sized (maximum SV 34mm) Lygisaurus (Fig. 2). L. zuma sp. nov. has a movable lower eyelid, a character it shares with L. aeratus and L. tanneri. L. zuma sp. nov. is distinguished from L. rococo by midbody scale count (23-24 vs 27-30); from L. tanneri by the number of supraciliaries (usually 6 vs usually 7); from L. aeratus, L. laevis and L. sesbrauna by the nature of the ear lobules (flat and low vs sharp); from L. macfarlani by the size of the palpebral disc (large, occupying more than half of the lower eyelid vs small, occupying less than half of the lower eyelid), a character which further distinguishes it from L. laevis, L.sesbrauna and L. tanneri.
Comment
Etymology	The name is derived from Montezuma II, the last Aztec emperor, who was a sun-worshipper. The name alludes to the lizard's basking habits. The epithet is to be treated as a noun in apposition.
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. Conroy, S. 1999. Lizard Assemblage Response to a Forest Ecotone in Northeastern Australia: A Synecological Approach Journal of Herpetology 33 (3): 409-419. - get paper here Couper P J. 1993. A new species of Lygisaurus de Vis (Reptilia: Scincidae) from mideastern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33 (1): 163-166. - get paper here 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 Dolman, Gaynor & Andrew F. Hugall 2008. Combined mitochondrial and nuclear data enhance resolution of a rapid radiation of Australian rainbow skinks (Scincidae: Carlia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49 (3): 782-794 - get paper here Stuart-Fox, Devi M., Andrew F. Hugall, and Craig Moritz 2002. A molecular phylogeny of rainbow skinks (Scincidae: Carlia): taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Australian Journal of Zoology 50: 39–51 - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp. Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/scincidae.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Lygisaurus/zuma Google images

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