Liopholis slateri virgata (Storr, 1968:60)
Black-striped floodplains skink, Slater’s skink (species)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Egernia slateri virgata Storr, 1968:60 (basionym)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: June or July 1914
Distribution
South Australia (northern), Australia
Biology & Ecology
"Ecology: desert, tall shrubland, terrestrial, burrowing, diurnal; viviparous, arthropod-feeder."
(Cogger et al., 1983:160)
Hypodigm
Pavey (2004) lists six specimens as being in museums collections: two in the Museum of Victoria and four in the South Australian Museum. Shea (2004) states that only two types exist, including MV D273. Additionally, he also states that a specimen in the Natural History Museum, London and mislabled as "Egernia whitii" (NHM 97.1.20.18 ) is probably of this species.
Holotype: SAMA R602 (Cogger et al., 1983:160)
Type locality: "between Oodnadatta and the Everard Range, S.A." (Cogger et al., 1983:160)
Paratype: MV D273 (by implication) (Shea, 2004)
Other specimens:
1 specimen in the Museum of Victoria
NHM 97.1.20.18 (mislabled as "Egernia whitii")
Three non-type specimens in the South Australian Museum
See: http://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/object.php?irn=357421&QueryPage=
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References
Original scientific description:
Storr, G. M. (1968). Revision of the Egernia whitei species-group (Lacerita : Scincidae). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 51(2): 51-62.
Other references:
Aplin, Ken P., Maryan, Brad, Armstrong, Kyle N., Pavey, Chris R. and Donnellan, Stephen C. (2024). Molecular and morphological assessment of the Liopholis inornata (Rosén, 1905) species group (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae), with descriptions of two new species from northern Western Australia. Zootaxa 5551(2): 299-332. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5551.2.4
Cogger, Harold G., Cameron, Elizabeth E. and Cogger, Heather M. (1983). Scincidae, pp. 135-193. In: Zoological Catalogue of Australia. I. Amphibia and Reptilia. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. vi + 313 pp. [p. 160]
Horner, Paul. (1991). Skinks of the Northern Territory. In: Northern Territory Museum Handbook Series No. 2. Northern Territory Government Printing Office.
Pavey, C. (2004). Recovery plan for Slater’s Skink, Egernia slateri, 2005-2010. Northern Territory Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment, Darwin.
Shea, Glenn M. (2004). The Horn expedition (1894) to central Australia: new directions in Australian herpetology. Bonner zoologische Beitrage 52(3-4): 245-273.
http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Liopholis&species=slateri
https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/10094/egernia-slateri-ssp-virgata