TAXONOMIC NOTES ON THE GENUS TYMPANOCRYPTIS PETERS (LACERTILIA AGAMIDAE)
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 10 (1982–1983) | Updated 15 May 2013
Abstract Two new subspecies of Tympanocryptis lineata Peters are described: T. l. houstoni from the Nullarbor Plain and T. l. macra from the Kimberley and neighbouring part of Northern Territory. Tympanocryptis tetraporophora Lucas and Frost and T. unifor ...
FOUR NEW LERISTA (LACERTILIA SCINCIDAE) FROM WESTERN AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Abstract The new taxa are L. picturata edwardsae , a member of the L. macropisthopus group from South Australia, and L. greeni L. griffini and L. vermicularis members of the L. bipes group from Western Australia. ...
TWO NEW GEHYRA (LACERTILIA GEKKONIDAE) FROM AUSTRALIA
Abstract The new species are G. purpurascens from the arid interior of the continent and G. montium from the Central Australian highlands; both are closely related to G. variegata (Dumeril and Bibron), Gehyra punctata (Fry) is redescribed. ...
VARIATION IN PSEUDECHIS AUSTRALIS (SERPENTES ELAPIDAE) IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND DESCRIPTION OF NEW SPECIES OF PSEUDECHIS
Abstract Pseudechis australis (Gray) and P. butleri sp, nov, from Western Australia are described and their distributions are mapped. The substantial variation in P. australis is analysed and the relationships of P. butleri are discussed. ...
THE HABITAT AND LIFE HISTORY OF THE PILBARA NINGAUI TIMEALEYI
Abstract The preferred habitat of the Pilbara ningaui is dense to mid-dense hummock grassland especially with an upper stratum of open mallee or scrub. Males are larger than females. Litters of 4-6 pouch young or females with distended mammae were observe ...
THE DISTRIBUTION OF EARTHWORMS IN THE PERTH METROPOLITAN AREA
Abstract Thirteen species of earthworm were collected on the coastal plain near metropolitan Perth between 1977 and 1980. Six of these species were introduced following European settlement in 1829. The present known distribution of each species in the met ...
WALLED ROCK SHELSTERS AND A CACHED SPEAR IN THE PILBARA REGION, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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TAXONOMY AND EVOLUTION OF LIVING SPECIES OF BREYNIA (ECHINOIDEASPATANGOIDA) FROM AUSTRALIA
REVISION OF THE BEARDED DRAGONS (LACERTILIA AGAMIDAE) OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA WITH NOTES ON THE DISMEMBERMENT OF THE GENUS AMPHIBOLURUS
A new genus, Pogona , is proposed for the Amphibolurus barbatus species-group. In Western Australia it consists of P. minor minor (Sternfeld), P. minor minima (Loveridge) , P. minor mitchelli (Badham), P. microlepidota (Glauert) and P. nullarbor (Badham). ...
DISTRIBUTION, STATUS AND VARIATIONS OF THE SILVER GULL LARUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE STEPHENS, WITH NOTES ON THE LARUS CIRROCEPHALUS SPECIES-GROUP