Praeteropus auxilliger

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: Praeteropus
Species: Praeteropus auxilliger

Name

Praeteropus auxilliger Hutchinson, Couper, Amey & Wilmer, 2021: 376

• Holotype: QM J96697, ♂, collected by G. Armstrong and P. Horner on 24 November 2018.
• Type locality: “Lake Elphinstone, mideastern Queensland (21°33′06″S, 148°13′50″E)”.

References

Primary references

• Hutchinson, M.N., Couper, P., Amey, A. & Wilmer, J.W. 2021. Diversity and Systematics of Limbless Skinks (Anomalopus) from Eastern Australia and the Skeletal Changes that Accompany the Substrate Swimming Body Form. Journal of Herpetology 55(4): 361–384. DOI: 10.1670/20-137 Reference page.