Anepischetosia maccoyi

Anepischetosia maccoyi

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: Anepischetosia
Species: Anepischetosia maccoyi

Name

Anepischetosia maccoyi (Lucas & Frost, 1894)

• Lectotype: NMV D1851, collector and date unknown. [designated by Coventry (1970: 120)]
• Type locality: “Ringwood”, Victoria, Australia.

Combinations

• Lygosoma (Siaphos) maccoyi Lucas & Frost, 1894: 85 [original combination]
• Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) maccoyi — Smith, 1937: 224 [subsequent combination]
• Anotis maccoyi — Mittleman, 1952 [subsequent combination]
• Nannoscincus maccoyi — Greer, 1974 [subsequent combination]
• Hemiergis maccoyi — Cogger, 1975 [subsequent combination]
• Anepischetos maccoyi — Wells & Wellington, 1984 [subsequent combination]
• Anepischetosia maccoyi — Wells & Wellington, 1985: 23 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Lucas, A.H.S. & Frost, C. 1894. The Lizards indigenous to Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. New Series 76: 24–92. BHL Reference page. 
• Coventry, A.J. 1970. Reptile and amphibian type specimens housed in the National Museum of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 31: 115–124. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Anepischetosia maccoyi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 April 2020.
• Hutchinson, M., Clemann, N., Michael, D., Gillespie, G., Chapple, D.C & Melville, J. 2018. IUCN: Anepischetosia maccoyi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102965197A102965208. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102965197A102965208.en

Vernacular names

English: Highlands Forest-skink

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