Morethia ruficauda

Morethia ruficauda

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: Eugongylinae
Genus: Morethia
Species: Morethia ruficauda

Name

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Morethia ruficauda (Lucas & Frost, 1895)

  • Lectotype: NMV D11757 (old no. 57871), collected by Horn Expedition Collection in May-August 1894.
  • Type locality: “either Goyder River or Bagot's Lagoon”, Northern Territory, Australia.

Combinations

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  • Ablepharus lineoocellatus var. ruficaudus Lucas & Frost, 1895: 269 [original combination]
  • Cryptoblepharus ruficaudusMittleman, 1952 [subsequent combination]
  • Morethia taeniopleura ruficaudaStorr, 1972 [subsequent combination]
  • Morethia ruficaudaCogger, Cameron & Cogger, 1983 [subsequent combination]

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Lined Firetail Skink
 
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