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Hemiergis talbingoensis

Three-toed Skink at Aranda, ACT

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Identification history

Hemiergis talbingoensis	4 Mar 2023	wombey
Lampropholis delicata	4 Mar 2023	CarbonAI
Hemiergis decresiensis	4 Mar 2023	KMcCue

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Excited to see this one again, and on the opposite side of the park.

5 comments

KMcCue wrote:

4 Mar 2023

Fooled you this time CarbonAI - this is a 3-toed Skink

wombey wrote:

4 Mar 2023

The local Hemiergis is now called talbingoensis. Due to a recent revision, decresiensis, which once included our local form, is now confined to SA.

KMcCue wrote:

4 Mar 2023

John, why Talbingo?
Wikipedia: Talbingo resident Jack Bridle, whose family were early European settlers of the area, suggests the name to be a corruption of the English word "tall" and the Aboriginal words "Binji", "Binge" or "Bingo" meaning belly. Mount Talbingo resembles the big belly of a man lying down.

wombey wrote:

4 Mar 2023

Following the revision, the next available name for the species found in this area was a subspecies talbingoensis described by Copland in 1964, holotype from Talbingo, NSW. If the name reflects the locality then it should end in "ensis".

KMcCue wrote:

5 Mar 2023

Thanks John

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