Liopholis mutawintji

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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Egerniinae
Genus: Liopholis
Species: Liopholis mutawintji

Name

Liopholis mutawintji Parkin, Swan, Marshall, Bates, Hunter-McKellar, Thompson, Thompson, Parkin, Haines, Farquhar, Lloyd, While, Foster, Eldridge, Trembath, Shea, Donnellan, Chapple & Rowley, 2026: 476

• Holotype: AMS R.147150 (formerly SAMA R.45513), adult ♂, collected by members of the Australian Herpetological Society (AHS) and South Australian Herpetological Group (SAHG) on 13 April 1995.
• Type locality: “Bynguano Range, Mutawintji National Park, NSW”.

References

Primary references

• Parkin, T., Swan, G., Marshall, L., Bates, K.G., Hunter-McKellar, R., Thompson, N., Thompson, W., Parkin, B., Haines, M.L., Farquhar, J.E., Lloyd, R., While, G.M., Foster, R., Eldridge, M.D.B., Trembath, D., Shea, G.M., Donnellan, S.C., Chapple, D.G. & Rowley, J.J.L. 2026. Phylogenomics, taxonomy and conservation of the White’s skink (Scincidae: Liopholis whitii) species complex in south-eastern Australia. Zootaxa 5792(3): 457–493. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5792.3.2 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Kungaka