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Leiolopisma telfairii  (Desjardin, 1831)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 202160

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Round Island Skink [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyScincidae Oppel, 1811 – Skinks  
                                  SubfamilyEugongylinae Welch, 1982  
                                     GenusLeiolopisma A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839  
                                        SpeciesLeiolopisma telfairii (Desjardin, 1831) – Round Island Skink  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz   
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Leiolopisma telfairii    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Leiolopisma telfairii   
       
  Source: Reptile Database (Mar 2022), website (version Mar-2022)  
  Acquired: 2002   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2022) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 9 May 2022   
  Reference for: Leiolopisma telfairii   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Boulenger, G. A.   
  Publication Date: 1887   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History), vol. 3   
  Page(s): 575   
  Publisher: Taylor and Francis   
  Publication Place: London, England   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Leiolopisma telfairii   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hutchinson, M. N., S. C. Donnellan, P. R. Baverstock, M. Krieg, S. Simms, and S. Burgin   
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title: Immunological relationships and generic revision of the Australian lizards assigned to the genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae: Lygosominae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Australian Journal of Zoology, vol. 38   
  Page(s): 535-554   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0004-959X   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Leiolopisma telfairii   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Australia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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