Anomalopus verreauxii

Anomalopus verreauxii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Anomalopus
Species: Anomalopus verreauxii

Name

Anomalopus verreauxii Duméril in Duméril & Duméril, 1851: 185

Holotype: MNHP-RA-0.3047, collected by M.J. Verreaux.

Type locality: “Tasmanie” (in error).

Combinations

• Lygosoma verreauxi — Smith, 1937: 221 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Siaphus simplex Cope, 1864: 229

Type locality: “Australia”.

• Anomalopus godeffroyi Peters, 1867: 24

Syntypes: ZMB 5296-7.

Type locality: “Ostaustralien [=East Australia]”.

• Chelomeles pseudopus Günther, 1873: 145

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.3.59.

Type loclaity: Unknown.

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1851. Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptiles du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Gide et Baudry/Roret: Paris. iv + 224 pp. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1864. On the characters of the higher groups of Reptilia - Squamata - and especially of the Diploglossa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1864: 224–231. BHL
• Peters, W.C.H. 1867. Herpetologische Notizen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 13–37. BHL
• Günther, A. 1873. Notes on and descriptions of some lizards with rudimentary limbs, in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4, 12: 145–148. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Anomalopus verreauxii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 July 2018.
• Vanderduys, E., Venz, M., Wilson, S., Hobson, R. & Sanderson, C. 2018. IUCN: Anomalopus verreauxii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102965565A102965638.

Vernacular names

English: Three-clawed Worm-skink or Verreaux's Skink