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    Species Accepted

    Tiliqua adelaidensis (Peters, 1863)

    Adelaide Pigmy Blue-tongue Skink
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Tiliqua
    IUCNEndangered

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      15 results
      Adelaide Pigmy Blue-tongue Skink English
      Adelaide Pygmy Blue-tongue Skink English
      Adelaide Pygmy Bluetongue English
      Adelaide pygmy bluetongue skink English
      Pygmy Blue-tongue English
      Pygmy Blue-tongue Lizard English
      Pygmy Blue-tongued Skink English
      Pygmy Bluetongue English
      Pygmy Bluetongue Lizard English
      Zwergblauzungenskink German

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      31 results
      Wilson, S., & Swan, G. (2010). A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 Pp.
      Staugas, E.J., A.L. Fenner, M. Ebrahimi & C.M. Bull. (2013). Artificial burrows with basal chambers are preferred by pygmy bluetongue lizards, Tiliqua adelaidensis. Amphibia-Reptilia 34(1): 114-118.
      Peters, & Wilhem Carl Hartwig. (1863). Eine Übersicht der von Hrn. Richard Schomburgk an das zoologische Museum eingesandten Amphibien, aus Buchsfelde bei Adelaide in Südaustralien. Monatsber. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1863 (April): 228-236.
      Fenner, Aaron L.; Bull, Michael C.; Hutchinson, Mark N. (2007). Omnivorous diet of the endangered Pygmy Bluetongue Lizard, Tiliqua adelaidensis. Amphibia-Reptilia 28 (4): 560-565.
      MICHAEL, KIMBERLEY H. & MICHAEL G. GARDNER. (2023). Hold your breath: Observations of the endangered pygmy bluetongue (Tiliqua adelaidensis) submerged in flooded burrows. Austral Ecology 48(6): 1200–1204.
      Gardner, M. G. (2024). The Australian Endangered Pygmy Bluetongue Lizard and Livestock Grazing. In: Levente Hufnagel (Ed.), Wildlife Conservation - Natural and Human-Influenced Ecosystems.
      Milne, T., C.M. Bull & M.N. Hutchinson. (2003). Fitness of the Endangered Pygmy Blue Tongue Lizard Tiliqua adelaidensis in Artificial Burrows. Journal of Herpetology 37 (4): 762-765.
      Bull, C. Michael, Stephanie S. Godfrey, Mehregan Ebrahimi and Aaron L. Fenner. (2015). Long and short term residence in refuge burrows by endangered Pygmy Bluetongue Lizards. Amphibia-Reptilia 36 (2): 119-124.
      Nielsen, Torben P. and C. Michael Bull. (2017). The impact of sheep grazing on the fecundity and timing of reproduction in the endangered pygmy bluetongue lizard, Tiliqua adelaidensis. Amphibia-Reptilia.
      Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, S., Pasachnik, S. A. ... Evans, T. (2024). What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18.

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