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Sighting 4473220

Hemiergis talbingoensis

Eastern Three-toed Earless Skink at Aranda, ACT

Hemiergis talbingoensis at Aranda, ACT - 4 Mar 2023 09:49 AM
Hemiergis talbingoensis at Aranda, ACT - 4 Mar 2023 09:49 AM
Hemiergis talbingoensis at Aranda, ACT - 4 Mar 2023 09:49 AM
Hemiergis talbingoensis at Aranda, ACT - 4 Mar 2023 09:49 AM
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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.

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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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