A NEW CTENOTUS (LACERTILIA SCINCIDAE) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 14 (1988–1990) | Updated 27 Feb 2013
Abstract : A new skink, Ctenotus angusticeps , is described from Airlie Island, off the northwest coast. ...
A NEW RHINOPLOCEPHALUS ( SERPENTES ELAPIDAE) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : Storr et al. (1986: 104) mentioned that two snakes from Scaddan (430 km SW of the rest of the species' range) possibly represented a third subspecies of Rhinoplocephalus spectabilis . An additional two specimens have confirmed the distinct ...
THREE NEW DIPLODACTYLUS (LACERTILIA GEKKONIDAE) FROM THE ARID ZONE OF AUSTRALIA
Abstract : The new taxa are D. immaculatus from the Northern Territory and Queensland and D. granariensis rex and D. kenneallyi from Western Australia, D. pulcher is transferred to the D. conspicillatus group, which is redefined. ...
THE SUBSPECIES OF DIPLODACTYLUS SPINIGERUS (LACERTILIA GEKKONIDAE)
Abstract : The gecko Diplodactylus spinigerus is endemic to southern Western Australia. It is divisible into two subspecies: D. s. spinigerus Gray of the west coast and D. s. inornatus subsp. nov. from further east. ...
A NEW SPECIES OF DIPLODACTYLUS (LACERTILIA GEKKONIDDAE) FROM NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : The new species, Diplodactylus jeanae , was formerly confused with D. taeniatus , which it replaces in the northern arid zone of Western Australia and the Northern Territory. D taeniatus is redescribed. ...
A NEW HETERONOTIA (LACERTILIA GEKKONIDAE) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : The new species, Hereronoria planiceps , occurs mainly in the Kimberley but has an outlying population in south-eastern Pilbara. It is most like H. spelea , of the Pilbara, which is redescribed. ...
A NEW PSEUDONAJA (SERPENTES ELAPIDAE) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : The Rottnest Island dugite is described as a new subspecies. ...
REVISION OF LERISTA TERDIGITATA (LACERTILIA SCINCIDAE)
Abstract: Lerista terdigitata was found to consist of four allopatric species. namely L. tridactyla sp. novo of the south-eastern interior of Western Australia, L. terdigitata (Parker) of southern South Australia west of the Flinders and Mt Lofty Ranges, ...
THE CTENOTUS COLLETTI COMPLEX (LACERTILIA SCINCIDAE), INCLUDING A NEW SPECIES FROM THE PILBARA.
Abstract : Former subspecies of Ctenotus colletti , viz. C. c. nasutus and C. c rufescens are now considered to be allopatric species. Another species C nigrilineatus is descnbed. ...
A NEW LERISTA (LACERTILIA SCINCIDAE) FROM THE PILBARA
Abstract : In a revision of Lerista frosti and allies (Storr 1985: 311), I mentioned a specimen from coastal Pilbara too different to include in either L. chalybura or L. flammicauda from the hilly interior of that region. That specimen is now formally de ...