Liopholis purnululu

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

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

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

Name

Liopholis purnululu Aplin, Maryan, Armstrong, Pavey & Donnellan, 2024: 322

• Holotype: WAM R103112, ♀, collected by N. Gambold on 5 July 1989.
• Type locality: “Bungle Bungle Range, Purnululu National Park (-17.43, 128.4), Western Australia, Australia”.

References

Primary references

• Aplin, K.P., Maryan, B., Armstrong, K.N., Pavey, C.R. & Donnellan, S.C. 2024. Molecular and morphological assessment of the Liopholis inornata (Rosén, 1905) species group (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae), with descriptions of two new species from northern Western Australia. Zootaxa 5551(2): 299–332. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.2.4 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Purnululu Skink