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Taxonomy of the genus Hemiergis Biodiversity of the family Scincidae

Bibliography of the genus
Hemiergis (Earless Mulch Skinks)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Hemiergis in general

Choquenot, D.; Greer, A.E. 1989. Intrapopulational and interspecific variation in digital limb bones and presacral vertebrae of the genus Hemiergis (Lacertilia, Scincidae). Journal of Herpetology 23(3): 274-281.

Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology (Supplementary Series) 31: 1-67.

Orange, P. 2007. Predation on lizards by the red-back spider, Latrodectus hasselti. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 37(1): 32-35.

Shapiro, M.D. 2002. Developmental morphology of limb reduction in Hemiergis (Squamata: Scincidae): Chondrogenesis, osteogenesis, and heterochrony. Journal of Morphology 254(3): 211-231.

Shapiro, M.D.; Hanken, J.; Rosenthal, N. 2003. Developmental basis of evolutionary digit loss in the Australian lizard Hemiergis. Journal of Experimental Zoology 297B(1): 48-56.

Smith, H.M. 1939. A new Australian lizard, with a note on Hemiergis. Field Museum of Natural History Zoological Series 24: 11-14.

Storr, G.M. 1975. The genus Hemiergis (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 3(4): 251-260.

Worrell, E. 1961. Herpetological name changes. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 18-27.

Hemiergis decresiensis

Brattstrom, B.H. 1971. Critical thermal maxima of some Australian skinks. Copeia 1971: 554-557.

Copland, S.J. 1946. Goographic variation in the lizard Hemiergis decresiensis (Fitzinger). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 70(3-4): 62-92.

Crome, B. 1981. The diet of some ground-layer lizards in three woodlands of the New England tableland of Australia. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 13(1): 4-11.

Murphy, K.; Hudson, S.; Shea, G.M. 2006. Reproductive seasonality of three cold-temperate viviparous skinks from southeastern Australia. Journal of Herpetology 40(4): 454-464.

Reeder, T.W.; Reichert, J.D. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships within the Australian limb-reduced lizard genus Hemiergis (Scincidae: Squamata) as inferred from the Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences. Copeia 2011(1): 113-120.

Robertson, P. 1981. Comparative reproductive ecology of two south-eastern Australian skinks. pp. 25-37. In: Banks, C.B. & Martin, A.A. Proceedings of the Melbourne Herpetological Symposium May 19-21, 1980. Zoological Board of Victoria, The Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens, Parkville, Victoria 3052. 199 pp.

Hemiergis gracilipes

Reeder, T.W.; Reichert, J.D. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships within the Australian limb-reduced lizard genus Hemiergis (Scincidae: Squamata) as inferred from the Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences. Copeia 2011(1): 113-120.

Hemiergis initialis

Craig, M.D.; Grigg, A.H.; Garkaklis, M.J.; Hobbs, R.J.; Grant, C.D.; Fleming, P.A.; Hardy, G.E. 2009. Does habitat structure influence capture probabilities? A study of reptiles in a eucalypt forest. Wildlife Research 36(6): 509-515.

Reeder, T.W.; Reichert, J.D. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships within the Australian limb-reduced lizard genus Hemiergis (Scincidae: Squamata) as inferred from the Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences. Copeia 2011(1): 113-120.

Shea, G.M. 1986. The occurrence of Hemiergis initialis (Werner, 1910) (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 110(2): 89-90.

Hemiergis millewae

Coventry, A.J. 1976. A new species of Hemiergis (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 37: 23-26.

Dell, J.; How, R.A. 1984. The biological survey of the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Part 2. Widgiemooltha-Zanthus study area. 4. Vertebrate fauna. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 18: 57-86.

Reeder, T.W.; Reichert, J.D. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships within the Australian limb-reduced lizard genus Hemiergis (Scincidae: Squamata) as inferred from the Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences. Copeia 2011(1): 113-120.

Hemiergis peronii

Boulenger, G.A. 1915. Descriptions of two new lizards from Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (London) 16: 64-66.

Browne-Cooper, R. 1990. Aquatic behaviour in Hemiergis peronii (Scincidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 20(1): 33-34.

Bush, B. 1987. Cannibalism and lizard predation in skink lizards. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 17(1-2): 12-13.

Dunlop, J.N.; Klomp, N.I.; Wooller, R.D. 1988. Seabird islands No. 188. Penguin Island, Shoalwater Bay, Western Australia. Corella 12(3): 93-99.

Fullagar, P.J. 1978. Seabird islands. Eclipse Island, Western Australia. Corella 2(2): 21-23.

Hugi, J.; Hutchinson, M.N.; Koyabu, D.; Sánchez-Villagra, M.R. 2012. Heterochronic shifts in the ossification sequences of surface- and subsurface-dwelling skinks are correlated with the degree of limb reduction. Zoology (Jena) 115(3): 188-198.

Johnstone, R.E.; Smith, L.A.; Klomp, N.I. 1990. Seabird islands. No. 203. Wickham Island, Archipelago of the Recherche, Western Australia. Corella 14(4): 131-132.

Mitchell, F.J.; Behrudt, A.C. 1949. Fauna and flora of the Greenly Islands. 1. Introductory narrative and vertebrate fauna. Records of the South Australian Museum 9(2): 167-179.

Reeder, T.W.; Reichert, J.D. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships within the Australian limb-reduced lizard genus Hemiergis (Scincidae: Squamata) as inferred from the Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences. Copeia 2011(1): 113-120.

Shapiro, M.D.; Carl, T.F. 2001. Novel features of tetrapod limb development in two nontraditional model species: a skink and a direct-developing frog. pp. 337-361. In: Zelditch, M.L. (ed.). Beyond heterochrony: the evolution of development. Wiley-Liss, New York, Chichester, etc. 371 pp.

Smyth, M. 1968. The distribution and life history of the skunk Hemiergis peronii (Fitzinger). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 92: 51-58.

Smyth, M. 1974. Changes in the fat stores of the skinks Morethia boulengeri and Hemiergis peronii (Lacertilia). Australian Journal of Zoology 22(2): 135-145.

Smyth, M.; Smith, M.J. 1968. Obligatory sperm storage in the skink Hemiergis peronii. Science (New York) 161: 575-576.

Tanner, V.M. 1952. Pacific islands herpetology. 6. Tahiti and Marquesas Islands, New Guinea and Australia. Great Basin Naturalist 12: 1-12.

Hemiergis quadrilineatum

Orange, P. 2007. Predation on lizards by the red-back spider, Latrodectus hasselti. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 37(1): 32-35.

Reeder, T.W.; Reichert, J.D. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships within the Australian limb-reduced lizard genus Hemiergis (Scincidae: Squamata) as inferred from the Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences. Copeia 2011(1): 113-120.

Hemiergis talbingoensis

Reeder, T.W.; Reichert, J.D. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships within the Australian limb-reduced lizard genus Hemiergis (Scincidae: Squamata) as inferred from the Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences. Copeia 2011(1): 113-120.