AROD > Reptiles / Squamata / Scincidae / Anepischetosia
Highlands forest-skink
Anepischetosia
- Wells & Wellington, 1985
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Etymology: | "Anepischetos means 'unrestrained' and alludes to the ideal intellectual state."1 | |||||||||
Taxonomic notes: |
When Wells & Wellington described Anepischetos in 19841 , they were (due to a misprint in Neave's Nomenclator Zoologicus) unaware that the name was already in use (as the name of a genus of moth). They subsequently proposed a new name, Anepischetosia, in 19852 . |
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Reproductive modes:
Oviparous - 1 out of 1 Australian species Size range: Smallest Australian species: highlands forest-skink (Anepischetosia maccoyi) at 5 cm Longest Australian species: highlands forest-skink (Anepischetosia maccoyi) at 5 cm |
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Number of Australian species: | 1 | |||||||||
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- Wells, Richard W. & Wellington, C. Ross (1984). A synopsis of the Class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, 1(3-4):73-129. - search web for this article
- Wells, Richard W. & Wellington, Ross C. (1985). A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series, 1:1-61. - search web for this article