Tiliqua occipitalis

Tiliqua occipitalis

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: Egerniinae
Genus: Tiliqua
Species: Tiliqua occipitalis

Name

Tiliqua occipitalis (Peters, 1863)

Holotype: ZMB 4709.

Type locality: “Buchsfelde [=Loos, near Gawler] bei Adelaide in Südaustralien [=Southern Australia].”

Combinations

• Cyclodus occipitalis Peters, 1863: 231 [original combination]
• Tiliqua occipitalis — Boulenger, 1887: 147 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Cyclodus fasciatus Lütken, 1863: 292
  • Holotype: UZMK R-47563.
  • Type locality: unknown (Australia).

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1863. Eine Übersicht der von Hrn. Richard Schomburgk an das zoologische Museum eingesandten Amphibien, aus Buchsfelde bei Adelaide in Südaustralien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1863: 228–236. BHL
• Lütken, C. 1863. Nogle nye Krybdyr og Padder. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn Series 2, 4(20–22): 292–311. BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 3. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. British Museum (Natural History): London. xii + 575 pp., 40 pls. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tiliqua occipitalis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 June 2018.
• Sanderson, C., Craig, M., Lloyd, R. & Gaikhorst, G. 2017. IUCN: Tiliqua occipitalis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T109481481A109481505. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109481481A109481505.en

Vernacular names

English: Western Blue-Tongued Lizard
Nederlands: Westelijke blauwtongskink

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