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    Species Accepted

    Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus (Hallowell, 1861)

    Ryukyu short-legged skink

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      6 results
      Ryukyu short-legged skink English
      アマミヒメトカゲ Japanese
      ヘリグロヒメトカゲ Japanese
      ヘリグロヒメトカゲ(旧名) Japanese
      琉球光蜥 Chinese
      아마미짧은다리도마뱀 Korean

      Treatments

      2 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      19 results
      Nakamura, Yasuyuki, Akio Takahashi and Hidetoshi OTA. (2013). Recent cryptic extinction of squamate reptiles on Yoronjima Island of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, inferred from garbage dump remains. Acta Herpetologica 8 (1): 19-34.
      Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton, M.; [...] Uetz, P.; Wagner, P.; Roll, U. & Meiri, S. (2022). A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16.
      Uetz, P. H., Patel, M., Gbadamosi, Z., Nguyen, A., & Shoope, S. (2024). A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732.
      Boulenger, G. A. (1887). On a collection of reptiles and batrachians made by Mr. H. Pryer in the Loo Choo Islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1887: 146-150.
      Barbour, T. (1917). A most regretable tangle of names. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (44): 1-9.
      Goris, R. C., & Maeda, N. (2004). Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Japan. Krieger, Malabar, 285 Pp.
      Boulenger, G. A. (1887). Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 Pp.
      Makino, T., Okamoto, T., Kurita, K., Nakano, T., & Hikida, T. (2020). Origin and intraspecific diversification of the scincid lizard Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus with implications for historical island biogeography of the Central Ryukyus of Japan. Zoologischer Anzeiger 288: 1-10.
      Stejneger, LEONHARD H. (1907). Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 58: Xx, 1-577.
      Hallowell, E. (1861). Report upon the Reptilia of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under command of Capt. John Rogers, U. S. N. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12 [1860]: 480 - 510.

      Citation

      Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus (Hallowell, 1861) in undefined