Calyptotis scutirostrum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Calyptotis scutirostrum (Peters, 1874)

Holotype: ZMB 7823, collected by Amalie Dietrich.

Type locality: “Port Bowen [=Port Clinton]”, Queensland, Australia.

Lygosoma scutirostrum Peters, 1874: 743 [original combination]
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) scutirostrum — Smith, 1937: 221 [subsequent combination]
Calyptotis scutirostrum — Greer, 1983: 39 [subsequent combination]

Cophoscincus obscurus O’Shaughnessy, 1874: 35 [synonymized by Boulenger (1887: 330)]

Holotype: BMNH 1946.81697.

Type locality: “Queensland”, Australia.

Syntypes: QM, collected by F.A. Blackman and H. Tryon. [lost sensu Longman (1916)]

Type locality: “Breakfast Creek”; “Macleay Island, Moreton Bay”.

Peters, W.C.H. [1873] 1874. Über neue Saurier (Spæriodactylus, Anolis, Phrynosoma, Tropidolepisma, Lygosoma, Ophioscincus) aus Centralamerica, Mexico und Australien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1873: 738–747. BHL
O’Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1874. Description of a new species of skink. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4, 14(79): 35. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680917 BHL Reference page.
De Vis, C.W. 1886. On a lizard and three species of Salarias, etc. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 2: 56–60. BHL

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Calyptotis scutirostrum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 July 2018.
Shea, G., Wilson, S., Venz, M., Hobson, R. & Vanderduys, E. 2018. IUCN: Calyptotis scutirostrum (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102965764A102965778.