Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56

A significant range extension for the Australian Wet Tropics skink Eulamprus frerei (Squamata: Scincidae)

Citation

Zozaya, S.M., Scheffers, B.R., Hoskin, C.J., Macdonald, S.L. & Williams, S.E. 2013. A significant range extension for the Australian wet tropics skink Eulamprus frerei (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56(2): 621-624. Brisbane. ISSN 0079-8835. https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.56.2.2013-17

Published online

30 June 2013

Peer reviewed

Yes

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.56.2.2013-17

Keywords

Mt Lewis, Bellenden Ker Range, Mt Carbine Tableland, Queensland

Abstract 

The known range of Eulamprus frerei is extended approximately 110 km north-northwest to Mt Lewis (16.510°S, 145.269°E) on the Mt Carbine Tableland, North Queensland. This record is from 200 m lower than the reported minimum elevation for the species. Despite extensive surveys throughout the Australian Wet Tropics, this is the first record for E. frerei outside the Bellenden Ker Range. Additional details are given for a previously reported record from Mt Bellenden Ker.