Biology:Arnhem Land Gorges skink
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Short description: Species of lizard
| Arnhem Land Gorges skink | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Bellatorias |
| Species: | B. obiri
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| Binomial name | |
| Bellatorias obiri (Wells & Wellington, 1985)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Egernia arnhemensis Sadlier, 1990 | |
The Arnhem Land Gorges skink (Bellatorias obiri) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.[2]
The Arnhem Land Gorges skink was first noted to be distinct in 1974 by Harold Cogger, who called it Egernia cf. frerei.[3] Australian herpetologists Richard W. Wells and C. Ross Wellington described Hortonia obiri in 1985 from a specimen in the Northern Territory Museum in Darwin that had been collected 3 km southwest of Gunbalanya (formerly known as Oenpelli) by Brian Jukes on 28 July 1975.[4] Ross Sadlier called it Egernia arnhemensis in 1990.[3]
References
- ↑ "Bellatorias obiri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018. 2018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T47155317A47155335.en.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Australian Biological Resources Study (20 August 2013). "Species Bellatorias obiri (Wells & Wellington, 1985)". Australian Faunal Directory. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Bellatorias_obiri.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sadlier, Ross A (1990). "A new species of scincid lizard from western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory". The Beagle: Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 7 (2): 29–33. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55714390.
- ↑ Wells, Richard W.; Wellington, C. Ross (1985). "A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia". Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplemental Series 1: 1–61 [30]. http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Articles/Wells_and_Wellington_1985.pdf. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
Wikidata ☰ Q727155 entry
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