Pseudemoia rawlinsoni (HUTCHINSON & DONNELLAN, 1988)
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Pseudemoia rawlinsoni
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Rawlinson's Window-eyed Skink |
| Synonym | Leiolopisma rawlinsoni HUTCHINSON & DONNELLAN 1988: 145 Pseudemoia rawlinsoni — HUTCHINSON et al. 1990 Pseudemoia rawlinsoni — HUTCHINSON & DONNELLAN 1992 Pseudemoia rawlinsoni — COGGER 2000: 569 Claireascincus rawlinsoni — GREER 2005 (online) Pseudemoia rawlinsoni — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
| Distribution | SE Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory?, Victoria), Tasmania |
| Reproduction | ovoviviparous |
| Types | Holotype: NMV D 55450, adult male |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “Member of the L. baudini species-complex, characterized by strongly striped colour pattern completely lacking lighter or darker dorsal, lateral or caudal speckling, light dorsolateral line on scale row 3, and having dorsal and head scales with highly glossy surface. Generally distinguished from other eastern species in complex (L. entrecasteauxii Groups 1 and 2) by position of light dorsolateral stripe on scale row 3 (rather than row 4, or 3, 4), in normally having 6, rather than 5, supraciliaries, and by having fewer rows of midbody scales (mode 26, rather than 30). Most similar in these respects to L.. baudini (sensu Hutchinson & Donnellan in prep.), from which it is distinguished by lacking partial or complete supranasal or postnasal scales and any trace of light dorsal or caudal flecks, and by midlateral white stripe continuing clear and straight-edged from groin to side of head, rather than becoming vague and wavy-edged anterior to axilla Also distinguished from L. baudini by highly glossed dorsal scales, by haying fewer subdigital lamellae (17-23, mean 19.0, versus 20-25, mean 22.3) and higher paravertebral scale counts fin males, 57-63, mean 59.6, versus 50-58, mean 54.1; in females 57-65, mean 62.2, versus 53-60, mean 57.6), and by its strict preference for densely vegetated swampy habitats. (Hutchinson & Donnellan 1988) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 7068 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | named after Peter Rawlinson, zoologist at La Trobe university, Melbourne, until his death in April 1991. |
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