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    Species Accepted

    Morethia taeniopleura (Peters, 1874)

    Eastern Firetail Skink
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Morethia
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Eastern Firetail Skink English
      Fire-Tailed Skink English
      Firetail Skink English
      North-eastern Firetail Skink English
      Огненнохвостая моретия Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      11 results
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      Greer A E. (1981). A new species of Morethia (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from northern Australia, with comments on the biology and relationships of the genus. Rec. Austral. Mus. 33 (2): 89-122 [1980].
      Wilson, S., & Swan, G. (2010). A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 Pp.
      Werner, F. (1910). Reptilia (Geckonidae und Scincidae). In: Michaelsen, W., and R. Hartmeyer: Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Vol. 2. G. Fischer, Jena, Pp. 451-493.
      Couper, P., Covacevich, J., Amey, A., & Baker, A. (2006). The genera of skinks (Family Scincidae) of Australia and its island territories: diversity, distribution and identification. in: Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G.M. & Lee, M.S.Y. (eds.). Evolution and Zoogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, Pp. 367-384.
      Tiedemann,F.; Häupl,M. & Grillitsch,H. (1994). Katalog der Typen der herpetologischen Sammlung nach dem Stand vom 1. Jänner 1994. Teil II: Reptilia. Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 10 (Vertebrata 4): 1-110.
      http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=767747
      Cogger, H. G. (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, Xxx + 1033 Pp.
      Glauert, L. (1960). Herpetological miscellanea. XII. The family Scincidae in Western Australia. Pt. 3. The genus Ablepharus. Western Australian Naturalist 7: 115-122.
      Peters, & Wilhem Carl Hartwig. (1874). Über einige neue Reptilien (Lacerta, Eremias, Diploglossus, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Sepsina, Ablepharus, Simotes, Onychocephalus). Monatsber. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1874 (Juni): 368-377.

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