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Pygmaeascincus sadlieri (GREER, 1991)

IUCN Red List - Pygmaeascincus sadlieri - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Magnetic Island Dwarf Skink 
SynonymMenetia sadlieri GREER 1991
Menetia sadlieri — COGGER 2000: 764
Menetia sadlieri — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 318
Menetia sadlieri — COGGER 2014: 657
Pygmaeascincus sadlieri — COUPER & HOSKIN 2014 
DistributionAustralia (CE Queensland: Magnetic Island)

Type locality: Magnetic Island (19°08’S, 146°50’E)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: QM J 24448 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “Differs from all other Menetia in the following combination of characters: frontoparietals and interparietals fused; pretemporals two, and upper palpebrals enlarged. Description:-Squamation generally similar to M. koshlandae but apparently differing as follows: supraoculars two; transversely enlarged nuchals variable, totaling more than two. In preservative, dorsum of head mottled light and dark brown; dorsum of back and tail light brown; a narrow pale dorsolateral stripe extends from canthus posteriorly onto body; sides of body dark brown; throat pale; venter of body light brown. Details of holotype.-The holotype has paravertebrals 55; supradigital scales 8/9; subdigital lamellae 15/15; presacral vertebrae 31; SVL 22.5 mm; tail length 28.5 mm (7 mm regenerated); sex undetermined.” (Greer 1991)


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CommentAbundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyNamed after Ross Sadlier, Australian herpetologist who worked at the Australian Museum from 1979 to 2015. 
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
  • COUPER, PATRICK J.; CONRAD J. HOSKIN 2014. A new genus to accommodate three skinks currently assigned to Menetia (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Zootaxa 3884 (6): 597–599 - get paper here
  • 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 1991. Two new species of Menetia from northeastern Queensland, with comments on the generic diagnoses of Lygisaurus and Menetia. Journal of Herpetology 25 (3): 268-272 - get paper here
  • Greer, Allen E. 2001. Distribution of maximum snout-vent length among species of Scincid lizards. Journal of Herpetology 35 (3): 383-395 - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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