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Greer, 1979
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species
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<emphasis id="B958EA93B6219E37FE861BF9FDFDFB34" box="[318,537,1176,1199]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Hinulia richardsonii</emphasis>
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, by original designation (
<bibRefCitation id="EFBD4B70B6219E37FC1F1BF9FBD5FB34" author="Greer" box="[935,1073,1176,1199]" pageId="7" pageNumber="17" refString="Greer, A. E. (1979 a) Eremiascincus, a new generic name for some Australian sand swimming skinks (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Australian Museum, 32, 321 - 338." type="journal article" year="1979" yearSuffix="a">Greer 1979a</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="B958EA93B6219E37FF2F1BBFFEEFFB63" bold="true" box="[151,267,1246,1272]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Content.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B958EA93B6219E37FEAC1BBEFE28FB63" box="[276,460,1247,1272]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eremiascincus</emphasis>
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, erected by
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to contain only two species (
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<emphasis id="B958EA93B6219E37FB2D1BBEFAA7FB63" box="[1173,1347,1247,1272]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">E. fasciolatus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B958EA93B6219E37FA3A1BBEFA70FB63" box="[1410,1428,1247,1272]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">E</emphasis>
.
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), is expanded to include the following species, formerly belonging to
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:
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<emphasis id="B958EA93B6219E37FA3A1A64FEC4FADE" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">E. antoniorum</emphasis>
(Smith, 1926)
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,
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B6219E37FDD41A4DFC25FADD" authority="Storr, 1972" authorityName="Storr" authorityYear="1972" box="[620,961,1324,1350]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brongersmai" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B6219E37FDD41A4DFCC7FADE" box="[620,803,1324,1349]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">E. brongersmai</emphasis>
(
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)
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B6219E37FBE31A4DFEB9FAF7" authority="Aplin, How &amp; Boeadi, 1993" authorityName="Aplin, How &amp; Boeadi" authorityYear="1993" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="butlerorum" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B6219E37FBE31A4DFB1BFADE" box="[1115,1279,1324,1349]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">E. butlerorum</emphasis>
(Aplin,
<bibRefCitation id="EFBD4B70B6219E37FADB1A4DFEB0FAF7" author="How" pageId="7" pageNumber="16" refString="Aplin K. P., How, R. A. &amp; Boeadi (1993) A new species of the Glaphyromorphus isolepis species-group (Lacertilia Scincidae) From Sumba Island, Indonesia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 16, 235 - 242." type="journal article" year="1993">How &amp; Boeadi, 1993</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B6219E37FE401A32FD61FAF7" box="[504,645,1363,1388]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="emigrans">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B6219E37FE401A32FD61FAF7" box="[504,645,1363,1388]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">E. emigrans</emphasis>
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(Lidth de
<bibRefCitation id="EFBD4B70B6219E37FD471A33FC68FAF7" author="Jeude" box="[767,908,1362,1388]" pageId="7" pageNumber="17" refString="Lidth de Jeude, T. W. van. (1895) Reptiles from Timor and the neighbouring islands. Notes from the Leyden Museum, 16, 119 - 127." type="journal article" year="1895">Jeude, 1895</bibRefCitation>
) comb. nov.,
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B6219E37FB931A32FAA8FAF7" authority="Storr, 1967" authorityName="Storr" authorityYear="1967" box="[1067,1356,1362,1388]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="douglasi" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B6219E37FB931A32FB54FAF7" box="[1067,1200,1363,1388]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">E. douglasi</emphasis>
(
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)
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26B57E8B6219E37FAEB1A33FF28FA08" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B6219E37FF611A18FDD8FA08" authority="Boulenger, 1887" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1887" box="[217,572,1401,1427]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="isolepis" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B6219E37FF611A18FEBCFA09" box="[217,344,1401,1426]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">E. isolepis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFBD4B70B6219E37FED01A18FDD7FA08" author="Boulenger" box="[360,563,1401,1427]" pageId="7" pageNumber="16" refString="Boulenger, G. A. (1887) Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London, 575 pp." type="book" year="1887">Boulenger, 1887</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26B57E8B6219E37FDFC1A18FD29FA08" box="[580,717,1401,1427]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B6219E37FD621A18FBC9FA08" authority="Macleay, 1877" authorityName="Macleay" authorityYear="1877" box="[730,1069,1401,1427]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pardalis" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B6219E37FD621A18FCBBFA09" box="[730,863,1401,1426]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">E. pardalis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFBD4B70B6219E37FCD71A18FBC0FA08" author="Macleay" box="[879,1060,1401,1427]" pageId="7" pageNumber="17" refString="Macleay, W. (1877) The lizards of the &quot; Chevert &quot; Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 2, 60 - 69; 97 - 104." type="journal article" year="1877">Macleay, 1877</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26B57E8B6219E37FB8D1A18FB59FA08" box="[1077,1213,1401,1427]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B6219E37FB461A18FED1FA21" authority="Greer, 1990" authorityName="Greer" authorityYear="1990" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="timorensis" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B6219E37FB461A18FA78FA09" box="[1278,1436,1401,1426]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">E. timorensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFBD4B70B6219E37FF271AC1FEC9FA21" author="Greer" box="[159,301,1440,1466]" pageId="7" pageNumber="17" refString="Greer A. E. (1990) The Glaphyromorphus isolepis species group (Lacertilia: Scincidae): diagnosis of the taxon and description of a new species from Timor. Journal of Herpetology, 24, 372 - 377." type="journal article" year="1990">Greer, 1990</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26B57E8B6219E37FE841AC1FE5AFA21" box="[316,446,1440,1466]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<emphasis id="B958EA93B6219E37FF7D1AA7FEB7FA7B" bold="true" box="[197,339,1478,1504]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
The expanded
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<emphasis id="B958EA93B6219E37FDA51AA6FD3FFA7B" box="[541,731,1479,1504]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eremiascincus</emphasis>
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comprises small to medium-sized (SVL
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) lygosomine skinks, which can be slender to robust; diurnal, crepuscular or nocturnal; terrestrial, fossorial or litter dwelling. No synapomorphy is known for this group, but it can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters: parietal shields in contact behind the interparietal; prefrontals large, in contact or narrowly separated; supranasals absent and nasals undivided; frontoparietals paired; frontal much longer than prefrontals; SupraLab 68; 1 or 2 InfraLab in contact with postmental scale; lower eyelid movable, scaly; small or missing auricular granules (when present usually 45); SupCil 610; supraoculars 4; 4TLam 1530; usually more than 24 MBSR; dorsal and caudal scales smooth or keeled, head scales smooth; limbs well developed, meeting or overlapping when adpressed (exceptions are
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B6219E37FC67199DFB8CF88E" box="[991,1128,1788,1813]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pardalis">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B6219E37FC67199DFB8CF88E" box="[991,1128,1788,1813]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">E. pardalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the woodlands and monsoon forests of Queensland and
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B6219E37FDEA1842FD1FF8A7" box="[594,763,1827,1852]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="butlerorum">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B6219E37FDEA1842FD1FF8A7" box="[594,763,1827,1852]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">E. butlerorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Sumba Island,
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); fingers and toes 5; tail usually much longer than SVL; ear opening prominent; colour pattern variable, composed of either distinct crossbands, a reticulum, numerous spots or dashes and can include a dark lateral zone. All species are oviparous, but
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B6219E37FEF218F6FE2AF82B" box="[330,462,1943,1968]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pardalis">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B6219E37FEF218F6FE2AF82B" box="[330,462,1943,1968]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">E. pardalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been reported as egg laying (
<bibRefCitation id="EFBD4B70B6219E37FCD818F7FB84F82B" author="Greer" box="[864,1120,1942,1968]" pageId="7" pageNumber="17" refString="Greer, A. E. &amp; Parker, F. (1974) The fasciatus species group of Sphenomorphus (Lacertilia: Scincidae): notes on eight previously described species and descriptions of three new species. Papua and New Guinea Scientific Society Proceedings, 25, 31 - 61." type="journal article" year="1974">Greer &amp; Parker 1974</bibRefCitation>
) and live-bearing (
<bibRefCitation id="EFBD4B70B6219E37FAFC18F7FF32F84C" author="Rankin" pageId="7" pageNumber="17" refString="Rankin, P. R. (1978) Notes on the biology of the skink Sphenomorphus pardalis (Macleay) including a captive breeding record. Herpetofauna (Sydney), 10, 4 - 7." type="journal article" year="1978">Rankin 1978</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B933681B62E9E38FF7D1FF9FAB2FD95" blockId="8.[151,1437,152,796]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
Differentiation of
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FE081FF9FD8EFF2A" box="[432,618,152,177]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FE081FF9FD8EFF2A" box="[432,618,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Eremiascincus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FD021FF9FC44FF2A" box="[698,928,152,177]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FD021FF9FC44FF2A" box="[698,928,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Glaphyromorphus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is possible with the exception of a few problematic species. Members of
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FDF21FDEFCE0FF43" box="[586,772,191,216]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FDF21FDEFCE0FF43" box="[586,772,191,216]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Eremiascincus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
usually share a higher number of MBSR than most
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FF2F1F84FE8BFF65" box="[151,367,229,254]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FF2F1F84FE8BFF65" box="[151,367,229,254]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Glaphyromorphus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FEC71F84FDC8FF65" box="[383,556,229,254]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FEC71F84FDC8FF65" box="[383,556,229,254]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Eremiascincus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(&gt; 24 MBSR) is separated from the elongated, slender
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FB7B1F84FAA4FF65" box="[1219,1344,229,254]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cracens">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FB7B1F84FAA4FF65" box="[1219,1344,229,254]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">G. cracens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(2022 MBSR),
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FEBC1E6DFE5AFEBE" box="[260,446,268,293]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="crassicaudis">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FEBC1E6DFE5AFEBE" box="[260,446,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">G. crassicaudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(2022 MBSR),
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FD291E6DFCABFEBE" box="[657,847,268,293]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="darwiniensis">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FD291E6DFCABFEBE" box="[657,847,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">G. darwiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(2022 MBSR),
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FB9A1E6DFB54FEBE" box="[1058,1200,268,293]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mjobergi">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FB9A1E6DFB54FEBE" box="[1058,1200,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">G. mjobergi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(22 MBSR) and
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FA3B1E6DFECDFED0" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="punctulatus">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FA3B1E6DFECDFED0" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">G. punctulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(1820 MBSR). Furthermore, these species have very short, widely separated limbs when adpressed, a condition rare among members of
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FD5A1E38FC71FEE9" box="[738,917,345,370]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FD5A1E38FC71FEE9" box="[738,917,345,370]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Eremiascincus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The exceptions are
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FB201E38FAA2FEE9" box="[1176,1350,345,370]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuscicaudis">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FB201E38FAA2FEE9" box="[1176,1350,345,370]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">G. fuscicaudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FA3B1E38FEFAFE02" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigricaudis">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FA3B1E38FEFAFE02" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">G. nigricaudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and both taxa may represent a basal lineage within
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FC341EE1FB80FE02" box="[908,1124,384,409]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FC341EE1FB80FE02" box="[908,1124,384,409]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Glaphyromorphus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFBD4B70B62E9E38FBCC1EE1FAE8FE01" author="Greer" box="[1140,1292,384,410]" pageId="8" pageNumber="17" refString="Greer, A. E. (1979 c) A new Sphenomorphus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the rainforests of northeastern Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum, 32, 373 - 382." type="journal article" year="1979" yearSuffix="c">Greer 1979c</bibRefCitation>
, 1989). The presence of an ectopterygoid process, a small strut of bone in the secondary palate (
<bibRefCitation id="EFBD4B70B62E9E38FBD11EC7FB1BFE5B" author="Greer" box="[1129,1279,422,448]" pageId="8" pageNumber="17" refString="Greer, A. E. (1979 a) Eremiascincus, a new generic name for some Australian sand swimming skinks (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Australian Museum, 32, 321 - 338." type="journal article" year="1979" yearSuffix="a">Greer 1979a</bibRefCitation>
, 1989) might be of taxonomic importance as well, but seems to be absent in some populations of
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FB261EACFAA1FE7D" box="[1182,1349,461,486]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fasciolatus">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FB261EACFAA1FE7D" box="[1182,1349,461,486]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">E. fasciolatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FA3A1EACFE33FD95" authority="(Greer 1979a)" baseAuthorityName="Greer" baseAuthorityYear="1979" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Hinulia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="richardsonii">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FA3A1EACFEC3FD96" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">E. richardsonii</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFBD4B70B62E9E38FE8E1E95FE2AFD95" author="Greer" box="[310,462,500,526]" pageId="8" pageNumber="17" refString="Greer, A. E. (1979 a) Eremiascincus, a new generic name for some Australian sand swimming skinks (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Australian Museum, 32, 321 - 338." type="journal article" year="1979" yearSuffix="a">Greer 1979a</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. However, this character is not present in any member of
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FBC11E95FAABFD96" box="[1145,1359,500,525]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FBC11E95FAABFD96" box="[1145,1359,500,525]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Glaphyromorphus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B933681B62E9E38FF7D1D7BFCB3FC87" blockId="8.[151,1437,152,796]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
Little more is known about the relationships of the elongated, short-limbed
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FBDB1D7BFED3FDC0" authority="Hoskin &amp; Couper, 2004" authorityName="Hoskin &amp; Couper" authorityYear="2004" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="clandestinus">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FBDB1D7BFAF9FDA8" box="[1123,1309,538,563]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">G. clandestinus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFBD4B70B62E9E38FA9D1D7BFED3FDC0" author="Hoskin" pageId="8" pageNumber="17" refString="Hoskin, C. J. &amp; Couper P. J. (2004) A new species of Glaphyromorphus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Mt Elliot, northeastern Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 52, 183 - 190." type="journal article" year="2004">Hoskin &amp; Couper, 2004</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from Mt. Elliot in northeastern Queensland. In their description of
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FBEE1D20FAEEFDC1" box="[1110,1290,577,602]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="clandestinus">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FBEE1D20FAEEFDC1" box="[1110,1290,577,602]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">G. clandestinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the authors compared that species with four subgroups of
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FD711D09FC45FD1A" box="[713,929,616,641]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FD711D09FC45FD1A" box="[713,929,616,641]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Glaphyromorphus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
suggested by Greer (1989), a concept we have not followed here. Morphological similarities with one of these groups (
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FBA71DEEFB72FD33" box="[1055,1174,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">G. c r a c e n s</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FB101DEEFAB9FD33" box="[1192,1373,655,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="darwiniensis">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FB101DEEFAB9FD33" box="[1192,1373,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">G. darwiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FAD41DEEFEE9FD55" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
G.
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FF2F1DD4FEE9FD55" box="[151,269,693,718]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Hemiergis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gracilipes">gracilipes</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
) were apparent (
<bibRefCitation id="EFBD4B70B62E9E38FE6E1DD4FD14FD54" author="Hoskin" box="[470,752,693,719]" pageId="8" pageNumber="17" refString="Hoskin, C. J. &amp; Couper P. J. (2004) A new species of Glaphyromorphus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Mt Elliot, northeastern Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 52, 183 - 190." type="journal article" year="2004">Hoskin &amp; Couper 2004</bibRefCitation>
) based on two soft tissue and two osteological characters and superficial similarities with
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FD9D1DBDFD31FD6E" box="[549,725,732,757]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="punctulatus">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FD9D1DBDFD31FD6E" box="[549,725,732,757]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">G. punctulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were indicated. We leave
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FBA41DBDFB33FD6E" box="[1052,1239,732,757]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="clandestinus">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FBA41DBDFB33FD6E" box="[1052,1239,732,757]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">G. clandestinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a member of
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D02B62E9E38FF2F1C63FE89FC80" box="[151,365,770,795]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Glaphyromorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B958EA93B62E9E38FF2F1C63FE89FC80" box="[151,365,770,795]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Glaphyromorphus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
until further evidence becomes available.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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