IRMNG - Acritoscincus Wells & Wellington, 1985

IRMNG taxon details

Acritoscincus Wells & Wellington, 1985

IRMNG_ID

1097553 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1097553)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scincidae Gray, 1825

Synonymised names

Celerscincus Hoser, 2022 · unaccepted (Treated as subgenus)

Labialalbum Hoser, 2022 · unaccepted (Treated as subgenus)

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Species Acritoscincus platynota (Peters, 1881)
Species Acritoscincus trilineata (J.E. Gray, 1838)
Species Acritoscincus buddeni Wells & Wellington, 1985 accepted as Acritoscincus duperreyi accepted as Bassiana duperreyi Gray, 1838
Species Acritoscincus donnellani Wells & Wellington, 1985 accepted as Acritoscincus platynota (Peters, 1881)
Species Acritoscincus duperreyi accepted as Bassiana duperreyi Gray, 1838

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1
page(s): 22 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Nom. nov. for Eulepis Fitzinger, 1843 (AFD).

Taxonomic remark Nom. nov. for Eulepis Fitzinger, 1843 (AFD). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Acritoscincus Wells & Wellington, 1985. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1097553 on 2026-01-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1
page(s): 22 [details]

basis of record Austr. Faunal Directory (Sept 2009) [details]

basis of record CoL2006/EMBL Reptiles [details]

name verified source Austr. Faunal Directory (Sept 2009) [details]

current name source as per included species [details]

extant flag source CoL2006/EMBL Reptiles [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Celerscincus Hoser, 2022) Hoser, R.T. (2022). Hiding in plain sight. A previously unrecognized biogeographical barrier in Australia formed by an event of biblical proportions. Five new species of skink lizard from south-west Victoria, three more closely related species from New South Wales and another from South Australia. <em>Australasian Journal of Herpetology.</em> 56: 3-21., available online at http://www.smuggled.com/issue-56-pages-3-21.pdf [details]

original description (of Labialalbum Hoser, 2022) Hoser, R.T. (2022). Hiding in plain sight. A previously unrecognized biogeographical barrier in Australia formed by an event of biblical proportions. Five new species of skink lizard from south-west Victoria, three more closely related species from New South Wales and another from South Australia. <em>Australasian Journal of Herpetology.</em> 56: 3-21., available online at http://www.smuggled.com/issue-56-pages-3-21.pdf [details]

Unreviewed

Taxonomic remark Nom. nov. for Eulepis Fitzinger, 1843 (AFD). [details]

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