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Highlands forest-skink
Anepischetosia - Wells & Wellington, 1985

Pronunciation:
 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.

The sole member of this genus, the highlands forest-skink (Anepischetosia maccoyi), used to be placed in Nannoscincus.

Notes:
Statistics: 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
Number of Australian species: 1
 

highlands forest-skink (Anepischetosia maccoyi)
Wollongong, New South Wales
Photo © David Fischer
highlands forest-skink (Anepischetosia maccoyi) distribution range map Anepischetosia maccoyi
Highlands forest-skink
Year described
(Lucas & Frost 1894)
Description
Five fingers and five toes.

References
  1. 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
  2. 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
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