Liopholis aputja

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: Egerniinae
Genus: Liopholis
Species: Liopholis aputja

Name

Liopholis aputja Farquhar, Mulder, Russell, Haines, Rangers & Chapple, 2024: 165

• Holotype: SAMA R60802, adult indet., collected by J. van Weenan on 20 October 2005.
• Type locality: “Alalkanya Gorge, 13 km north of Pukatja, Musgrave Ranges, South Australia (-26.1633, 132.1166)”.

References

Primary references

• Farquhar, J.E., Mulder, J.A., Russell, W., Haines, M.L., Rangers, A. & Chapple, D.G. 2024. A new species of rock skink (Scincidae: Liopholis) from the Central Ranges bioregion of arid Australia. Zootaxa 5536(1): 153–177. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.1.6 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Central Ranges Rock Skink