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Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Glaphyromorphus
Species:	G. darwiniensis
Binomial name
Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis (Storr, 1967)
Synonyms
Sphenomorphus crassicaudus darwiniensis Storr, 1967 Sphenomorphus darwiniensis — Greer, 1990 Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis — Cogger, 2000

Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis, also known commonly as Darwin's ground skink and the northern mulch-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, darwiniensis, refers to the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Geographic range

G. darwiniensis is found in Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. darwiniensis is forest.

Behavior

G. darwiniensis is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

G. darwiniensis is oviparous.

References

1. ^ Cogger, H.; McDonald, P.; Greenlees, M.; Fenner, A. (2018). "Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T42484682A42484690. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42484682A42484690.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. ^ Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis, p. 65).

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
• Greer AE (1990). "Notes on reproduction in the skink Sphenomorphus darwiniensis ". Northern Territory Naturalist 12: 27–28. (Sphenomorphus darwiniensis, new taxonomic status).
• Storr GM (1967). "The genus Sphenomorphus (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Western Australia and the Northern Territory". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 50 (1): 10–20. (Sphenomorphus crassicaudus darwiniensis, new subspecies, p. 19).
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.

• IUCN Red List least concern species
• Glaphyromorphus
• Reptiles described in 1967
• Taxa named by Glen Milton Storr