Arnhem Land Gorges skink explained

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.^[1]

The Arnhem Land Gorges skink was first noted to be distinct in 1974 by Harold Cogger, who called it Egernia cf. frerei.^[2] 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.^[3] Ross Sadlier called it Egernia arnhemensis in 1990.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australian Biological Resources Study. 20 August 2013. Species Bellatorias obiri (Wells & Wellington, 1985). 11 December 2018. Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
2. 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.
3. Wells. Richard W.. Wellington. C. Ross. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. dead. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplemental Series. 1. 1–61 [30]. https://web.archive.org/web/20140519132036/http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Articles/Wells_and_Wellington_1985.pdf. 2014-05-19. 2018-12-11.