Silvascincus tryoni

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: Silvascincus
Species: Silvascincus tryoni

Name

Silvascincus tryoni (Longman, 1918)

• Holotype: QM J3023, collected by Henry Tryon in 1917.
• Type locality: “Macpherson Ranges, 3000 ft, South Queensland”.

Combinations

• Lygosoma (Hinulia) tryoni Longman, 1918: 38 [original combination]
• Eulamprus tryoni — Sadlier, 1998: 573 [subsequent combination]
• Silvascincus tryoni — Skinner, Hutchinson & Lee, 2013: 916 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Longman, H.A. 1918. Notes on some Queensland and Papuan reptiles. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 6: 37–44. BHL
• Sadlier, R.A. 1998. Recognition of Eulamprus tryoni (Longman), a scincid lizard endemic to the McPherson Ranges of eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 573–578. BHL Reference page. 
• Skinner, A., Hutchinson, M.N. & Lee, M.S.Y. 2013. Phylogeny and divergence times of Australian Sphenomorphus group skinks (Scincidae, Squamata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69(3): 906–918. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.014 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Silvascincus tryoni. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 March 2020.
• Sanderson, C., Wilson, S., Shea, G. & Hobson, R. 2019. IUCN: Silvascincus tryoni  (Least Concern) (amended version of 2018 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T178290A144951358. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T178290A144951358.en

Vernacular names

English: Border Ranges Blue-spectacled Skink