Species Liopholis aputja Farquhar, Mulder, Russell, Haines & Chapple, 2024
Central Ranges Rock Skink
- Liopholis aputja Farquhar, J.E., Mulder, J.A., Russell, W., Haines, M.L., Rangers, A. & Chapple, D.G. 2024. A new species of rock skink (Scincidae: Liopholis) from the Central Ranges bioregion of arid Australia. Zootaxa 5536(1): 153-177 [165].Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:21D7BF40-8680-436A-B0DA-4D0E3D07D6EE
Type data:
Holotype SAMA R60802, Alalkanya Gorge, 13km north of Pukatja, Musgrave Ranges, South Australia [-26.1633, 132.1166].
Paratype(s) SAMA R51590, 36.5 km ESE of Amata, South Australia [-26.2558, 131.4933]; SAMA R17456, Erliwunyawunya Rockhole, South Australia [-26.35833, 131.72499]; SAMA R17271, Piltadi, South Australia [-26.116, 130.283].
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Liopholis margaretae (Storr, 1968) [Misidentification, in part]. —
Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. [638] (as Liopholis margaretae margaretae)
Introduction
Previously treated as a disjunct population of Liopholis margaretae e.g., Cogger (2014) but established by Farquhar et al. (2024) to be a distinct species.
Distribution
States
South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Northwest corner of SA
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA: Central Ranges (CR)
Distribution References
Common Name References
Farquhar, J.E., Mulder, J.A., Russell, W., Haines, M.L., Rangers, A. & Chapple, D.G. 2024. A new species of rock skink (Scincidae: Liopholis) from the Central Ranges bioregion of arid Australia. Zootaxa 5536(1): 153-177 [165] (Central Ranges Rock Skink)