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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Scincidae
Bibliography of the genus Acritoscincus
Biodiversity of the family Scincidae








Genus
Acritoscincus

Cool-Skinks

Kühlskinke

Sydøstaustralske Stribeskinker

1843 Eulepis Fitzinger [not Eulepis Dalmann 1820 (Insecta: Lepidoptera)] (type species: Tiliqua duperreyi Gray 1838; syn. Hutchinson, Donnellan, Baverstock, Krieg, Simms & Burgin 1990)
1985 Acritoscincus Wells & Wellington [substitute name for Eulepis Fitzinger 1843]
1990 Bassiana Hutchinson, Donnellan, Baverstock, Krieg, Simms & Burgin [substitute name for Eulepis Fitzinger 1843]
Contents: 3 species, all of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Some authors recognise Bassiana, rather than Acritoscincus, as the valid name for this genus (e.g., Hutchinson, Donnellan, Baverstock, Krieg, Simms & Burgin 1990; Hutchinson 2010).
Distribution: Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia [incl. Kangaroo Island], Tasmania [incl. Bass Strait Islands], Victoria, Western Australia).

Acritoscincus duperreyi

Bold-striped Cool-Skink, Eastern Three-lined Skink, (Three-lined Skink)

Ostaustralischer Dreistreifenskink

Østaustralsk Trestribet Skink

1838 Tiliqua duperreyi Gray
Lygosoma duperreyii Duméril & Bibron 1839
Eulepis duperreyi Fitzinger 1843
Acritoscincus duperreyi Wells & Wellington 1985
Pseudemoia duperreyi Frank & Ramus 1995
Eulepis duperreyi Swan 1990
Bassiana duperreyi Hutchinson, Donnellan, Baverstock, Krieg, Simms & Burgin 1990
Pseudemoia duperreyi Cogger 1992
1985 Acritoscincus buddeni Wells & Wellington (Shea & Sadlier 1999)

Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of trilineatus (e.g., Greer 1974).
Distribution: Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia [incl. Kangaroo Island], Tasmania [incl. Bass Strait Islands], Victoria).


Acritoscincus platynotus

Red-throated Cool-Skink, Red-throated Skink

Rotkehl-Streifenskink

Rødstrubet Stribeskink

1881 Lygosoma platynotum Peters
Leiolopisma platynota Cogger 1975
Acritoscincus platynotum Wells & Wellington 1985
Eulepis platynota Swan 1990
Bassiana platynota Hutchinson, Donnellan, Baverstock, Krieg, Simms & Burgin 1990
Pseudemoia platynota Cogger 1992
1985 Acritoscincus donnellani Wells & Wellington (Shea & Sadlier 1999)

Distribution: Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria).


Acritoscincus trilineatus

Southwestern Cool-Skink, Southwestern Three-lined Skink, Western Three-lined Skink

Westaustralischer Dreistreifenskink

Vestaustralsk Trestribet Skink

1838 Tiliqua trilineata Gray
Lygosoma trilineatum Boulenger 1887
Leiolopisma trilineatum Greer 1974
Acritoscincus trilineatum Wells & Wellington 1985
Bassiana trilineata Hutchinson, Donnellan, Baverstock, Krieg, Simms & Burgin 1990
Pseudemoia trilineata Cogger 1992

Distribution: Australia (South Australia, Western Australia).