Arnhem Land Gorges skink

Arnhem Land Gorges skink
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Bellatorias
Species:	B. obiri
Binomial name
	Bellatorias obiri; (Wells & Wellington, 1985)
Synonyms[2]
	Egernia arnhemensis Sadlier, 1990; Hortonia obiri, Wells & Wellington, 1985

The Arnhem Land Gorges skink (Bellatorias obiri) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.[2]

The Arnhem Land Gorges skink was first noted to be distinct in 1974 by Harold Cogger, who called it Egernia cf. frerei.[3] Australian herpetologists Richard W. Wells and C. Ross Wellington described Hortonia obiri in 1985 from a specimen in the Northern Territory Museum in Darwin that had been collected 3 km southwest of Gunbalanya (formerly known as Oenpelli) by Brian Jukes on 28 July 1975.[4] Ross Sadlier called it Egernia arnhemensis in 1990.[3]

References

"Bellatorias obiri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. 2018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T47155317A47155335.en.
Australian Biological Resources Study (20 August 2013). "Species Bellatorias obiri (Wells & Wellington, 1985)". Australian Faunal Directory. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
Sadlier, Ross A (1990). "A new species of scincid lizard from western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory". The Beagle: Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences. 7 (2): 29–33.
Wells, Richard W.; Wellington, C. Ross (1985). "A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia" (PDF). Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplemental Series. 1: 1–61 [30]. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2018-12-11.

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[IUCN-1] "Bellatorias obiri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. 2018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T47155317A47155335.en.

[AFD-2] Australian Biological Resources Study (20 August 2013). "Species Bellatorias obiri (Wells & Wellington, 1985)". Australian Faunal Directory. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

[sadlier90-3] Sadlier, Ross A (1990). "A new species of scincid lizard from western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory". The Beagle: Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences. 7 (2): 29–33.

[W&W1985-4] Wells, Richard W.; Wellington, C. Ross (1985). "A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia" (PDF). Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplemental Series. 1: 1–61 [30]. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2018-12-11.