Eremiascincus pallidus

Taxonavigation

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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: Eremiascincus pallidus

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Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.3.38 (formerly 1867.2.19.48), unsexed.

Type locality: “Nicol Bay”, Western Australia, Australia.

Combinations

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  • Hinulia pallida Günther, 1875: 12 [original combination]
  • Lygosoma pallidumBoulenger, 1887: 233 [subsequent combination]
  • Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) pallidumSmith, 1937: 220 [subsequent combination]
  • Sphenomorphus pallidusMittleman, 1952: 28 [subsequent combination]
  • Eremiascincus pallidusDoughty et al., 2011: 322 [subsequent combination, by implication]
  • Eremiascincus pallidusMecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2013: 20 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

References

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Primary references

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  • Günther, A. 1875. A list of the saurians of Australia and New Zealand. pp. 9–19 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds.). The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror, during the years 1839 to 1843. By authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Vol. 2. Reptiles, fishes, crustacea, insects, mollusca. E.W. Janson: London. BHL

Additional references

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Vernacular names

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English: Western Sand-swimming Skink