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Reptiles of Lower Fleurieu Peninsula This reptile list was compiled by Chapman (1987) from locality maps included in Cogger (1975), records of the Herpetology Section of the South Australian Museum and information supplied by G. Coombe (personal communication) of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Surveys undertaken by the South Australian Herpetology Group on 21 March 1976 and 23 October 1983 confirmed the presence of a number of these species in the park. RECORDED IN RECORDED WITHIN SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME GROUP DEEP CREEK 20 km OF CONS. PARK DEEP CREEK Amphibolurus decresii Dragons, Monitors No Yes Amphibolurus pictus Painted Dragon Dragons, Monitors No Yes Aprasia striolata Legless Lizards Yes Yes Ctenotus robustus Skinks No Yes Egernia cunninghami Cunningham's Skink Skinks Yes No Egernia whitii White's Skink Skinks Yes Yes Hemiergis decresiensis Three-toed Skink Skinks Yes Yes Hemiergis peronii Skinks Yes Yes Lampropholis guichenoti Grass Skink Skinks Yes Yes Leiolopisma entrecasteauxii Skinks Yes Yes Leiolopisma trilineatum Skinks Yes Yes Lerista bougenvillii Bougenville's Skink Skinks Yes No Lerista frosti Skinks No Yes Menetia greyii Skinks No Yes Morethia obscura Skinks No Yes Notechis scutatus Eastern Tiger Snake Snakes No Yes Phyllodactylus marmoratus Marbled Gecko Geckos Yes Yes Pseudechis porphyriacus Red-bellied Black Snake Snakes Yes Yes Pseudonaja textilis Eastern Brown Snake Snakes Yes Yes Pygopus lepidopodus Common Scaly-foot Legless Lizards No Yes Sphenomorphus quoyii Eastern Water Skink Skinks Yes No Sphenomorphus tympanum Skinks Yes Yes Tiliqua scincoides EasternBlue-tongued Lizard Skinks Yes Yes Trachydosaurus rugosus Shingle-back Skinks Yes No Underwoodisaurus milii Thick-tailed Gecko Geckos No Yes Unechis flagellum Little Whip Snake Snakes No Yes Varanus gouldii Gould's Goanna Dragons, Monitors Yes No August 2004 .

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Rec. West. Aust. Mus., 1976,4 (2) THE GENUS MENETIA (LACERTILIA, SCINCIDAE) IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA G.M. STORR* [Received 1 July 1975. Accepted 1 October 1975. Published 30 September 1976.] ABSTRACT The Australian genus Menetia comprises at least five species, three of which occur in Western Australia, namely M. greyii Gray, M. maini novo and M. surda novo A lectotype is designated for M. greyii. INTRODUCTION Until recently all skinks with an immovable transparent lower eyelid were placed in Ablepharus. Fuhn (1969) broke up this polyphyletic assemblage, allotting the Australian species to nine groups, including the genus Menetia. Fuhn, and indeed all workers till now, regarded Menetia as monotypic. Greer (1974) believes that Menetia is derived from the genus Carlia. All the material used in this revision is lodged in the Western Australian Museum. Genus Menetia Gray Menetia Gray, 1845, 'Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection ofthe British Museum', p.65. Type-species (by monotypy): M. greyii Gray. * Curator of Birds and Reptiles, W.A. Museum. 189 Diagnosis Very small, smooth, terrestrial skinks with lower eyelid immovable and bearing a large circular transparent disc incompletely surrounded by granules; digits 4 + 5; first supraocular long and narrow and obliqu~ly orientated. Distribution Most of Australia except the wettest and coolest regions. At least five species, three of them in Western Australia. Description Snout-vent length up to 38 mm. Tail fragile, 1.2-2.0 times as long as snout to vent. Nasals usually separated widely. No supranasals or postnasals. Prefrontals usually separated very narrowly. Frontal small, little if any larger than prefrontals.
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