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Tiliqua occipitalis PETERS, 1863

                 
 

Higher Taxa

Scincidae, Sauria (lizards

Subspecies

Common Name

Western Bluetongue, Western Blue-Tongued Lizard

Synonym

Cyclodus occipitalis PETERS 1863: 231
Cyclodus fasciatus LÜTKEN 1863: 292
Tiliqua occipitalis — SMITH 1937: 233
Tiliqua occipitalis — COGGER 1983: 190
Tiliqua occipitalis — COGGER 2000: 579

Location

Australia (New South Wales, North Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, West Australia)

Type locality: “Buchsfelde bei Adelaide in Südaustralien” [= Loos, near gawler, South Australia

Holotype

Holotype: ZMB 4709
Holotype: UZM R47563, from Australia [Cyclodus fasciatus

Comment

Synonymy after COGGER 1983

References
  • Cogger,H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • Escoriza Boj, D. 2005. Australia. Reptiles and Amphibians, Part 2: Desert and tropical savanna. Reptilia (GB) (41): 52-57
  • Fyfe G 1984. Some notes on sympatry between Tiliqua occipitalis and Tiliqua multifasciata in the Ayers Rock region and their associations with aboriginal people of the area. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 15 (1) 1983: 18-19
  • Greenbaum, E. 2000. Herpetofaunal observations in disparate habitats in south Sustralia, New South Wales, and queensland, Australia. Herpetological Bulletin (72): 6-16
  • Lütken, C. 1863. Nogle nye krybdyr og padder. Videnskabelige Meddelelser f ra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn (20—22) :292—311
  • Mitchell, F. J. 1950. The scincid genera Egernia and Tiliqua (Lacertilia). Rec. S. Aust. Mus. 9: 275-308
  • Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1863. Eine Übersicht der von Hrn. Richard Schomburgk an das zoologische Museum eingesandten Amphibien, aus Buchsfelde bei Adelaide in Südaustralien. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1863 (April): 228-236
  • Pianka, E. R. 1972. Zoogeography and speciation of Australian desert lizards: an ecological perspective. Copeia 1972 (1): 127-144
  • Shea G M; Peterson M 1981. Observations on sympatry of the social lizards Tiliqua multifasciata Sternfeld and T. occipitals [occipitalis] (Peters). AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY 1 (1) 1981: 27-28
  • Smith,M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
  • Storr, G. M., Smith, L. A. & Johnstone, R. E. 1981. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Perth: University of Western Australia Press and Western Australian Museum, 200 pp.
  • Storr, G. M.; L. A. Smith, and R. E. Johnstone 1999. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Revised Edition. Western Australian Museum


 
 
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