Saproscincus mustelinus

Saproscincus mustelinus

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: Saproscincus
Species: Saproscincus mustelinus

Name

Saproscincus mustelinus (O’Shaughnessy, 1874)

• Syntypes (3): BMNH 1946.8.16.78, BMNH 1946.8.16.86, and BMNH 1946.8.17.16.
• Type locality: “New South Wales”.

Combinations

• Mocoa mustelina O’Shaughnessy, 1874: 299 [original combination]
• Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) mustelinum — Smith, 1937: 223 [subsequent combination]
• Lampropholis mustelina — Greer, 1974: 21 [subsequent combination]
• Saproscincus mustelinus — Wells & Wellington, 1983: 102 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Lygosoma (Mocoa) lacrymans Peters & Doria, 1878: 348 [synonymized by Boulenger (1887: 267)]
  • Holotype: MSNG 27967, collected by L.M. D'Albertis in 1873.
  • Type locality: “Australia austro-orientalis , Mons Victoria (N. S. Wales)” [= Mount Victoria, New South Wales, Australia].

References

Primary references

• O’Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Scincidæ in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4, 13(76): 298–301. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680864 BHL Reference page. 
• Peters, W. & Doria, G. 1878. Catalogo dei retilli e dei batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D'Alberts e A. A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione Austro-Malese (In Italian). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 13: 323–450. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Saproscincus mustelinus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 July 2018.
• Shea, G., Hutchinson, M. & Chapple, D. 2018. IUCN: Saproscincus mustelinus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109481266A109481279.

Vernacular names

English: Weasel Shadeskink

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