Lygisaurus tanneri INGRAM & COVACEVICH, 1988

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Endeavour River Litter-skink
Synonym	Lygisaurus tanneri INGRAM & COVACEVICH 1988 Lygisaurus tanneri — COGGER 2000: 540 Carlia tanneri — STUART -FOX et al. 2002 Lygisaurus tanneri — DOLMAN & HUGALL 2008
Distribution	Australia (Queensland) Type locality: Morgan River crossing, near Hopevale Community, Qld.
Reproduction	oviparous (phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: QM J32352, collected G.J. Ingram, 12.vii.1976.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A large (maximum SV 37), robust, species of Lygisaurus sharing several characters with L. laevis, L. rococo, and L. macfarlani. See Table 1, for summary of characters useful in dis tinguishing these four species. L. tanneri is most similar to L. macfarlani from which it is dis tinguished by ear lobules (none, or flat, low lobules in L. tanneri vs 1 — several large blunt lobules in L. macfarlani) and by supralabials (7, occasionally 6; with 5th, occasionally 4th, enter ing eye vs 6, occasionally 7; with 4th, occasionally 5th, entering eye) (Ingram and Covacevich, 1988: 348).
Comment
Etymology	named after Charles Tanner (1911-1996), Australian herpetologist specializing in snake venom.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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 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 Ingram G; Covacevich J 1988. Revision of the genus Lygisaurus de Vis (Scincidae: Reptilia) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25 (2): 335-354 - 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.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Lygisaurus/tanneri http://www.seh-herpetology.org/images/atlas/pdf/squamata/podmel.pdf Google images

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