Lygisaurus tanneri

Lygisaurus tanneri, also known commonly as the Endeavour River litter-skink and Tanner's four-fingered skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Lygisaurus tanneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lygisaurus
Species:
L. tanneri
Binomial name
Lygisaurus tanneri
Ingram & Covacevich, 1988
Synonyms[2]
  • Lygisaurus tanneri
    Ingram & Covacevich, 1988
  • Carlia tanneri
    — Stuart-Fox, Hugall & Moritz, 2002
  • Lygisaurus tanneri
    — Dolman & Hugall, 2008

Etymology

The specific name, tanneri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Charles Tanner (1911–1996).[3]

Geographic range

L. tanneri is found in Queensland, Australia.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. tanneri is forest.[1]

References
  1. Couper P, Hoskin C, Amey A (2018). "Lygisaurus tanneri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T47155189A47155211. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T47155189A47155211.en. Downloaded on 15 March 2020.
  2. Lygisaurus tanneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lygisaurus tanneri, p. 260).

Further reading
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Dolman G, Hugall AF (2008). "Combined mitochondrial and nuclear data enhance resolution of a rapid radiation of Australian rainbow skinks (Scincidae: Carlia)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49 (3): 782–794. (Lygisaurus tanneri).
  • Ingram G, Covacevich J (1988). "Revision of the genus Lygisaurus De Vis (Scincidae: Reptilia) in Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25 (2): 335–354. (Lygisaurus tanneri, new species).
  • Stuart-Fox DM, Hugall AF, Moritz C (2002). "A molecular phylogeny of rainbow skinks (Scincidae: Carlia): taxonomic and biogeographic implications". Australian Journal of Zoology 50 (1): 39–51. (Carlia tanneri, new combination).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.



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