Eremiascincus

Eremiascincus richardsonii

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: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Eremiascincus
Species (15): E. antoniorum – E. brongersmai – E. butlerorum – E. douglasi – E. emigrans – E. fasciolatus – E. intermedius – E. isolepis – E. musivus – E. pallidus – E. pardalis – E. phantasmus – E. richardsonii – E. rubiginosus – E. timorensis

Name

Eremiascincus Greer, 1979: 323

• Type species: Hinulia richardsonii Gray, 1845, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Greer, A.E. 1979. Eremiascincus, a new generic name for some Australian sand swimming skinks (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Australian Museum 32(7): 321–338. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.32.1979.458

Additional references

• Mecke, S., Doughty, P. & Donnellan, S.C. 2009. A new species of Eremiascincus (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from the Great Sandy Desert and Pilbara Coast, Western Australia and reassignment of eight species from Glaphyromorphus to Eremiascincus. Zootaxa 2246(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2246.1.1 Reference page. 
• Mecke, S., Doughty, P. & Donnellan, S.C. 2013. Redescription of Eremiascincus fasciolatus (Günther, 1867) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) with clarification of its synonyms and the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3701(5): 473–517. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.5.1 Reference page. 
• Mecke, S. & Doughty, P. 2018. A new species of Eremiascincus (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Vertebrate Zoology 68(1): 27–37. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Eremiascincus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 April 2018.

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