Calyptotis scutirostum

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Calyptotis
Species: Calyptotis scutirostrum
Name

Calyptotis scutirostrum (Peters, 1874)

Holotype: ZMB 7823, collected by Amalie Dietrich.

Type locality: “Port Bowen [=Port Clinton]”, Queensland, Australia.
Combinations

Lygosoma scutirostrum Peters, 1874: 743 [original combination]
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) scutirostrum — Smith, 1937: 221 [subsequent combination]
Calyptotis scutirostrum — Greer, 1983: 39 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

Cophoscincus obscurus O’Shaughnessy, 1874: 35 [synonymized by Boulenger (1887: 330)]

Holotype: BMNH 1946.81697.

Type locality: “Queensland”, Australia.

Calyptotis flaviventer De Vis, 1886: 57

Syntypes: QM, collected by F.A. Blackman and H. Tryon. [lost sensu Longman (1916)]

Type locality: “Breakfast Creek”; “Macleay Island, Moreton Bay”.
References
Primary references

Peters, W.C.H. [1873] 1874. Über neue Saurier (Spæriodactylus, Anolis, Phrynosoma, Tropidolepisma, Lygosoma, Ophioscincus) aus Centralamerica, Mexico und Australien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1873: 738–747. BHL
O’Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1874. Description of a new species of skink. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4, 14(79): 35. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680917 BHL Reference page.
De Vis, C.W. 1886. On a lizard and three species of Salarias, etc. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 2: 56–60. BHL

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Calyptotis scutirostrum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 July 2018.
Shea, G., Wilson, S., Venz, M., Hobson, R. & Vanderduys, E. 2018. IUCN: Calyptotis scutirostrum (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102965764A102965778.

Vernacular names
English: Scute-snouted Calyptotis Skink

The scute-snouted calyptotis (Calyptotis scutirostrum) is a species of skink found in New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.[2]
References

Shea, G.; Wilson, S.; Venz, M.; Hobson, R.; Vanderduys, E. (2018). "Calyptotis scutirostrum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102965764A102965778. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102965764A102965778.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
Calyptotis scutirostrum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.