#glaphyromorphus

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ABSTRACT An ongoing audit of Australia’s herpetofauna has yielded hitherto unrecognized genera and species of burrowing skink in Australia. They are formally identified and named in accordance with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Ride et al. 1999) for the fi rst time. Included are the following: 1/ A divergent species of Anomalopus Duméril and Bibron, 1851, namely Anomalopus swansoni Greer and Cogger, 1985 is placed in a newly named genus Nocivi gen. nov.. 2/ Northernmost populations of putative Anomalopus mackayi Greer and Cogger, 1985 and A. verreauxii (Duméril and Bibron, 1851) are formally named as new species, A. woolfi sp. nov. and A. engellaensis sp. nov.. 3/ The species originally described as Chelomeles reticulatus Günther,1873 is referred to the genus Ipsofactoscincus Wells and Wellington, 1988, for which it is the type species. A population from near Gympie, Queensland is formally described and named as a new species I. davemerceicai sp. nov.. 3/ The species originally described as Ophioscincus frontalis De Vis, 1888 now the type species for the genus Coeranoscincus Wells and Wellington, 1984 is split into three species, the new ones formally named as C. whybrowi sp. nov. and C. pailsei sp. nov.. 4/ The genus Glaphyromorphus Wells and Wellington, 1984 sensu-lato, sensu Wells (2009) is agreed save for the further division of a new genus beyond the well supported, Glaphyromorphus, Opacitascincus Wells and Wellington, 1984 and Rhiannodon Wells, 2009, with divergent species being placed in the new genera Caudatenebrosus gen. nov. and Innocuascincus gen. nov. based on the phylogenetic results of Skinner et al. (2013). New subspecies are formally named in each of the newly named genera. 5/ Putative Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis (Macleay, 1877), from the Northern Territory, herein placed in the new genus Caudatenebrosus gen. nov. is formally named as a new species C. rosswellingtoni sp. nov.. 7/ Putative Opacitascincus darwiniensis (Storr, 1967) from the North Kimberley in Western Australia is formally named as a new species, O. ugh sp. nov.. 8/ Glaphyromorphus punctulatus (Peters, 1871) is split three ways with two new subspecies formally named as G. punctulatus nigreopunctata sp. nov. and G. punctulatus latusumbra sp. nov.. All the newly described species and subspecies are both morphologically divergent and allopatric across biogeographical barriers of known antiquity, with the exception of two morphologically divergent subspecies. Keywords: Taxonomy; nomenclature; skinks; Australia; Queensland; Northern Territory, New South Wales; Western Australia; Anomalopus; swansoni; Coeranoscincus; Ophioscincus; Glaphyromorphus; frontalis; punctulatus; Opacitascincus; Ipsofactoscincus; darwiniensis; new genus; Nocivi; Caudatenebrosus; Innocuascincus; new species; woolfi; eungellaensis; davemerceicai; whybrowi; pailsei; rosswellingtoni; ugh; new subspecies; divergans; dorsalux; piperlateralis; latusumbra; nigreopunctata.

A new species of lizard from Victoria called Abbasaurum maxinehoserae Hoser, 2022 was discovered and named from the Otway Ranges, in Australasian Journal of Herpetology issue 59 this year. download a pdf of the paper here at: https://www.smuggled.com/AJH-59-Pages-48-64.pdf The species named in the journal are as follows: Australasian Journal of Herpetology ® Issue 59, published 15 August 2022 List of new taxa formally named. All species are Australian, unless otherwie indicated. All major papers are downloadable below the list.New Genus Abbasaurum Hoser, 2022. (Skink) Caudatenebrosus Hoser, 2022. (Skink) Innocuascincus Hoser, 2022. (Skink) Nocivi Hoser, 2022. (Skink) Ocellatalbum Hoser, 2022. (Skink) New Species Abbasaurum abba Hoser, 2022. (Small skink, East NSW) Abbasaurum bobbottomi Hoser, 2022. (Small skink, West Victoria) Abbasaurum maxinehoserae Hoser, 2022. (Small skink, SW Victoria) Anomalopus eungellaensis Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing skink, NE Queensland) Anomalopus woolfi Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing skink, SE Queensland) Antaresia kimberleyae Hoser, 2022. (West Kimberley Children's Python, Western Australia) Caudatenebrosus rosswellingtoni Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing Skink, Northern Territory) Coeranoscincus pailsei Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing Skink, FNE Queensland) Coeranoscincus whybrowi Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing Skink, FNE Queensland) Cylindrophis (Cylindrophis) timorensis Hoser, 2022. (Timor Pipe Snake, Indonesia) Cylindrophis (Motteramus) floresensis Hoser, 2022. (Flores Pipe Snake, Indonesia) Ctenotus robertcooki Hoser, 2022. (Copper-tailed Skink, New England Region, NSW, Australia) Delma (Honlamopus) honlami Hoser, 2022. (Legless Lizard, South Australia) Ipsofactoscincus davemerceicai Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing skink, SE Queensland) Litotescincus colinrayi Hoser, 2022. (Small metallic skink, Tasmania) Litotescincus evanwhittoni Hoser, 2022. (Small metallic skink, Tasmania) Litotescincus fiacummingae Hoser, 2022. (Small metallic skink, Tasmania) Litotescincus martinekae Hoser, 2022. (Small metallic skink, Victoria) Ocellatalbum alexdudleyi Hoser, 2022. (Ocellated skink, Tasmania) Ocellatalbum assangei Hoser, 2022. (Ocellated skink, Tasmania) Ocellatalbum dannygoodwini Hoser, 2022. (Ocellated skink, Tasmania) Notocincus flecka Hoser, 2022. (Small skink) Notocincus monodorsa Hoser, 2022. (Small skink) Notocincus whoa Hoser, 2022. (Small skink) Opacitascincus ugh Hoser, 2022. (Small burrowing skink, NW, WA) New Subspecies Caudatenebrosus fuscicaudis divergans Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing skink, NE Queensland) Glaphyromorphus punctulatus latusumbra Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing skink, NE Queensland) Glaphyromorphus punctulatus nigreopunctata Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing skink, NE Queensland) Innocuascincus cracens dorsalux Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing skink, NE Queensland) Innocuascincus pumilis piperlateralis Hoser, 2022. (Burrowing skink, NE Queensland) Notocincus flecka fereflecka Hoser, 2022. (Small skink)