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Taxonomy of the genus Saproscincus Biodiversity of the family Scincidae

Bibliography of the genus
Saproscincus (Shade Skinks)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Saproscincus in general

Couper, P.J.; Keim, L.D. 1998. Two new species of Saproscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 465-473.

Moussalli, A.; Hugall, A.F.; Moritz, C. 2005. A mitochondrial phylogeny of the rainforest skink genus Saproscincus, Wells and Wellington (1984). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(1): 190-202.

Saproscincus basiliscus

Anthony, M.; Turner, G. 2002. Arboreal sleep site selection in Saproscincus basiliscus (Scincidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 32(2): 66-70.

Couper, P.J.; Keim, L.D. 1998. Two new species of Saproscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 465-473.

Ingram, G.J. 1994. The holotype of Mocoa spectabilis de Vis, 1888. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 35(1): 34.

Ingram, G.J.; Rawlinson, P. 1981. Five new species of skinks (genus Lampropholis) from Queensland and New South Wales. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20(2): 311-317.

Moritz, C.; Langham, G.; Kearney, M.; Krockenberger, A.; VanDerWal, J.; Williams, S. 2012. Integrating phylogeography and physiology reveals divergence of thermal traits between central and peripheral lineages of tropical rainforest lizards. Royal Society Philosophical Transactions Biological Sciences 367(1596): 1680-1687.

Moussalli, A.; Moritz, C.; Williams, S.E.; Carnaval, A.C. 2009. Variable responses of skinks to a common history of rainforest fluctuation: concordance between phylogeography and palaeo-distribution models. Molecular Ecology 18(3): 483-499.

Shoo, L.P.; Wilson, R.; Williams, Y.M.; Catterall, C.P. 2014. Putting it back: woody debris in young restoration plantings to stimulate return of reptiles. Ecological Management & Restoration 15(1): 84-87.

Singhal, S.; Bi, K. 2017. History cleans up messes: The impact of time in driving divergence and introgression in a tropical suture zone. Evolution 71(7): 1888-1899

Singhal, S.; Moritz, C. 2013. Reproductive isolation between phylogeographic lineages scales with divergence. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences Series B 280(1772): 20132246, 1-8.

Saproscincus challengeri

Lima, A.P.; Magnusson, W.E.; Williams, D.G. 2000. Differences in diet among frogs and lizards coexisting in subtropical forests of Australia. Journal of Herpetology 34(1): 40-46.

Sadlier, R.A.; Colgan, D.J.; Shea, G. 1993. Taxonomy and distribution of the scincid lizard Saproscincus challengeri and related species in southeastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34(1): 139-158.

Saproscincus czechurai

Ingram, G.J.; Rawlinson, P. 1981. Five new species of skinks (genus Lampropholis) from Queensland and New South Wales. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20(2): 311-317.

Moussalli, A.; Moritz, C.; Williams, S.E.; Carnaval, A.C. 2009. Variable responses of skinks to a common history of rainforest fluctuation: concordance between phylogeography and palaeo-distribution models. Molecular Ecology 18(3): 483-499.

Saproscincus eungellensis

Sadlier, R.A.; Couper, P.J.; Colgan, D.J.; Vanderduys, E.P.; Rickard, E. 2005. A new species of scincid lizard, Saproscincus eungellensis, from mid-eastern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 51(2): 559-571.

Saproscincus hannahae

Couper, P.J.; Keim, L.D. 1998. Two new species of Saproscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 465-473.

Saproscincus lewisi

Couper, P.J.; Keim, L.D. 1998. Two new species of Saproscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 465-473.

Singhal, S.; Moritz, C. 2013. Reproductive isolation between phylogeographic lineages scales with divergence. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences Series B 280(1772): 20132246, 1-8.

Saproscincus mustelinus

Ahl, E. 1925. Herpetologische Notizen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 65: 18-20.

Anderson, L.; Burgin, S. 2008. Patterns of bird predation on reptiles in small woodland remnant edges in peri-urban north-western Sydney, Australia. Landscape Ecology 23(9): 1039-1047.

Banks, C.B. 1992. Notes on incubation and early growth in the weasel skink, Lampropholis (=Saproscincus) mustelina. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 22(2): 33-35.

Brattstrom, B.H. 1971. Critical thermal maxima of some Australian skinks. Copeia 1971: 554-557.

Downes, S.; Borges, P. 1998. Sticky traps: an effective way to capture small terrestrial lizards. Herpetological Review 29(2): 94-95.

Downes, S.J.; Shine, R. 1999. Do incubation-induced changes in a lizard's phenotype influence its vulnerability to predators? Oecologia (Berlin) 120(1): 9-18.

Ehmann, H. 1988. Post-oviposition egg care in three Australian skink lizards. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 18(1): 26-29.

Fraser, S.; Grigg, G.C. 1984. Control of thermal conductance is insignificant to thermoregulation in small reptiles. Physiological Zoology 57(4): 392-400.

Hoser, R.T. 2009. Night movement in diurnal skinks. Victorian Naturalist (Blackburn) 126(1): 26-27.

Manning, B.; Andrews, L. 2003. Notes on the reproduction of the weasel skink Saproscincus mustelinus (O'Shaughnessy). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 33(1): 41-45.

Shea, G.M.; Sadlier, R.A. 2000. A mixed communal nest of skink eggs. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 30(2): 46-47.

Swan, G. 1988. A note on a winter aggregation of Lampropholis mustelina. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 18(1): 21-22.

Werner, F. 1903. Neue Reptilien und Batrachier aus dem naturhistorischen Museum in Brussel. Zoologischer Anzeiger 26: 246-253.

Saproscincus oriarus

Hines, H.B.; Meyer, E.A.; Hetherington, S. 2015. First Queensland records of the Heath Shadeskink (Saproscincus oriarus). Queensland Naturalist 53(1-3): 37-45.

Sadlier, R.A. 1998. Saproscincus oriarus, a new scincid lizard (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the north coast of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 579-583.

Saproscincus rosei

Murphy, M.J. 2009. Notes on reproduction in the skink Saproscincus rosei. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 39(2): 119-120.

Sadlier, R.A.; Colgan, D.J.; Shea, G. 1993. Taxonomy and distribution of the scincid lizard Saproscincus challengeri and related species in southeastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34(1): 139-158.

Virkki, D.A.; Cuong Tran, D.A.; Guy, C.J. 2012. Reptile responses to Lantana management in a wet sclerophyll forest, Australia. Journal of Herpetology 46(2): 177-185.

Saproscincus saltus

Hoskin, C.J. 2013. A new skink (Scincidae: Saproscincus) from rocky rainforest habitat on Cape Melville, north-east Australia. Zootaxa 3722(3): 385-395.

Saproscincus spectabilis

Ingram, G.J. 1994. The holotype of Mocoa spectabilis de Vis, 1888. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 35(1): 34.

Sadlier, R.A.; Colgan, D.J.; Shea, G. 1993. Taxonomy and distribution of the scincid lizard Saproscincus challengeri and related species in southeastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34(1): 139-158.

Saproscincus tetradactylus

Moussalli, A.; Moritz, C.; Williams, S.E.; Carnaval, A.C. 2009. Variable responses of skinks to a common history of rainforest fluctuation: concordance between phylogeography and palaeo-distribution models. Molecular Ecology 18(3): 483-499.

Torr, G.A. 1993. A survey of the reptiles and amphibians of the Mossman Gorge section of Daintree National Park, Queensland. pp. 75-79. In: Lunney, D. & Ayers, D. (eds.). Herpetology in Australia: a diverse discipline. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, New South Wales. 414 pp.

Turner, G. 2006. Communal egg-laying in Lampropholis coggeri and Saproscincus tetradactyla (Scincidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 36(2): 88-92.

Turner, G. 2010. Some predator-prey interactions involving reptiles and frogs from the wet tropics region, north Queensland. Queensland Naturalist 48(4-6): 78-84.