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Praeteropus brevicollis (GREER & COGGER, 1985)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Short-necked Worm-skink 
SynonymAnomalopus (Vermiseps) brevicollis GREER & COGGER 1985: 29
Vermiseps brevicollis — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1988: 11
Anomalopus brevicollis — COGGER 2000: 382
Anomalopus brevicollis — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Praeteropus brevicollis — HUTCHINSON et al. 2021 
DistributionAustralia (Queensland)

Type locality: 1.0km E Frenchville Rd via Pilbeam Drive, Mt Archer, (Rd to summit), Qld  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: QM J42616 (previously AMS (AM) R96212), collected by A. Greer & P. Greer, 21.viii.1976. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Differs from all other species of Anomalopus in the following combination of characters: limbs totally lacking, nasals in broad contact, and paravertebral scales 84-102. It is also unique among Anomalopus in having the first sternal rib arising from the eighth presacral vertebra instead of the ninth, and unique in Vermiseps in having the frontal and maxilla bones in contact (thereby separating the prefrontal and nasal) (GREER & COGGER 1985: 29).


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CommentPhylogenetics: Singhal et al. 2018 found considerable paraphyly among A. gowi, brevicollis, and other members of Anomalopus. However, they did not propose any taxonomic implications.

Limb morphology: 0 digits 0 toes (Limbless, Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) 
EtymologyThe name brevicollis derives from the Latin for 'short neck' and calls attention to reduced number of cervical vertebrae (8 instead of 9). 
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
  • Covacevich J.A., Couper, P.J., McDonald, K.R. 1998. Reptile diversity at risk in the Brigalow Belt, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42 (2): 475-486 - get paper here
  • Greer A E; Cogger H G 1985. Systematics of the reduce-limbed and limbless skinks currently assigned to the genus Anomalopus (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Rec. Austral. Mus. 37(1) 1985: 11-54 - get paper here
  • Hutchinson, M. N., Couper, P., Amey, A., & Wilmer, J. W. 2021. Diversity and Systematics of Limbless Skinks (Anomalopus) from Eastern Australia and the Skeletal Changes that Accompany the Substrate Swimming Body Form. Journal of Herpetology 55 (4): 361-384 - get paper here
  • Singhal, Sonal; Huateng Huang, Maggie R. Grundler, María R. Marchán-Rivadeneira, Iris Holmes, Pascal O. Title, Stephen C. Donnellan, and Daniel L. Rabosky 2018. Does Population Structure Predict the Rate of Speciation? A Comparative Test across Australia’s Most Diverse Vertebrate Radiation. The American Naturalist - get paper here
  • Skinner, Adam; Mark N. Hutchinson, Michael S.Y. Lee 2013. Phylogeny and Divergence Times of Australian Sphenomorphus Group Skinks (Scincidae, Squamata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69 (3): 906–918 - get paper here
  • Wells, R.W., & Wellington, C.R. 1988. Amphibians and reptiles of the Upper Cox’s River area, Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia, with comments on Greer & Cogger’s recent reclassification of the genus Anomalopus (sensu lato). Australian Herpetologist 505: 1-15
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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