Stokes's skink
Stokes's skink (Egernia stokesii) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. It is also called commonly the gidgee skink, the gidgee spiny-tailed skink, the silubosaure, and Stokes' egernia. The species is endemic to Australia. There are four recognized subspecies.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Egernia |
Species: | E. stokesii |
Binomial name | |
Egernia stokesii (Gray, 1845) | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Etymology
The specific name, stokesii, is in honor of Royal Navy Admiral John Lort Stokes.[3]
The subspecific name, zellingi, is in honor of British biological collector Charles Weldon De Burgh Birch, Count Zelling (1821–1894).[4][5]
Geographic range
E. stokesii is found in New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia.[2]
Reproduction
E. stokesii is viviparous and monogamous.[2]
Subspecies
The following four subspecies are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Egernia stokesii aethiops Storr, 1978
- Egernia stokesii badia Storr, 1978
- Egernia stokesii stokesii (Gray, 1845)
- Egernia stokesii zellingi (De Vis, 1884)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Egernia.
References
- Ellis R, How R, Cowan M, Ford [L]S, Teale R (2017). "Egernia stokesii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T62246A101743684.en.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- Egernia stokesii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 January 2019.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Egernia stokesii, p. 255).
- De Vis (1884).
- Dowe JL (2016). "Charles Weldon (de Burgh) Birch (Count Zelling), an unassuming botanical and zoological collector in central and north-central Queensland". North Queensland Naturalist 46: 16–46.
Further reading
- Cogger H (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- De Vis CW (1884). "On New Australian Lizards". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 53–56. (Silubosaurus zelling, new species, pp. 53–54).
- Glauert L (1960). "Herpetological miscellanea. XII. The family Scincidae in Western Australia. Pt. 1. The genera Tiliqua, Trachysaurus and Egernia". Western Australian Naturalist 7 (3): 67–77. (Egernia stokesii, new combination).
- Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Silubosaurus stokesii, new species, p. 105).
- Storr GM (1978). "The genus Egernia (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 6 (2): 147–187. (Egernia stokesii aethiops, new subspecies, pp. 156–157; Egernia stokesii badia, new subspecies, pp. 158–160).
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.