Saproscincus spectabilis

Saproscincus spectabilis

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: Eugongylinae
Genus: Saproscincus
Species: Saproscincus spectabilis

Name

Saproscincus spectabilis (De Vis, 1888)

Synonyms

• Saproscincus galli Wells & Wellington, 1985: 37 [synonymized by Ingram (1994)]
  • Holotype: AM R116964 (field nº 16800), collected by A.B. Rose on 12 April 1975.
  • Type locality: “Dorigo, N.S.W.”.

References

Primary references

• Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series 1: 1–61. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Sadlier, R.A., Colgan, D.J. & Shea, G.M. 1993. Taxonomy and distribution of the scincid lizard Saproscincus challengeri and related species in southeastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34(1): 139–158. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Saproscincus spectabilis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 December 2019.
• Shea, G. 2018. IUCN: Saproscincus spectabilis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109481325A109481334. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109481325A109481334.en

Vernacular names

English: Gully Shadeskink