| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Egerniinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | Tiliqua gigas evanescens SHEA 2000
Tiliqua gigas keiensis OUDEMANS 1894
Tiliqua gigas gigas (SCHNEIDER 1801) |
| Common Names | E: Giant Bluetongue Skink |
| Synonym | Scincus gigas SCHNEIDER 1801: 202
Cyclodus Petersii STRAUCH 1866
Tiliqua gigas — DE ROOIJ 1915: 157
Tiliqua gigas — SMITH 1937: 233
Tiliqua gigas — MYS 1988: 147
Tiliqua gigas — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995
Tiliqua gigas evanescens SHEA 2000
Tiliqua gigas evanescens — WILMS 2005
Tiliqua gigas keyensis OUDEMANS 1894
Tiliqua gigas var. keyensis OUDEMANS 1894: 138
Tiliqua gigas keiensis — DAAN & HILLENIUS 1966: 136
Tiliqua gigas keyensis — SHEA 2000
Tiliqua gigas keyensis — NOËL 2009 |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Ambon, Ceram = Seram, Ternate, Halmahera, Ke, Aru, Sulawesi), Papua New Guinea, Jobi, Admirality Islands, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago.
evanescens: E/S Papua New Guinea, Indonesia (Irian Jaya); Type locality: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
keyensis: Aru, Kei Islands, Irian Jaya (Indonesia)
Type locality: “Ambon” (neotype locality)
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| Reproduction | viviparous |
| Types | Neotype: RMNH 5197, female, collected by F. Kopstein 1923, designated by Shea 2000: 180.
Holotype: AMS R 116664, adult female; paratypes: AM, AMNH, BMNH, BPBM (Honolulu), FMNH, NMW 10694, RMN, SAM, USNM, ZMB [evanescens]
Lectotype: ZMA.RENA 10991, Kei Islands, Indonesia, collected A.C. Wertheim, 1888. Designated by Daan & Hillenius (1966). [keiensis]
Holotype: ZISP 368, “Kunstkamer”. Leg.: unknown? [Cyclodus Petersii] |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | Distribution after BARBOUR 1914: 183. For maps of the 3 subspecies see Koppetsch et al. 2020. |
| Etymology | Named after the giant “Gigas” in Greek mythology, the child of Uranus and Gaea. The name is applied to taxa that are giants oftheir kind. |
| References |
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