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Brown-sided bar-lipped Skink
Eremiascincus brongersmai (Storr, 1972)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Eremiascincus brongersmai, also known commonly as Brongersma's tree skink and the brown-sided bar-lipped skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the state of Western Australia.
Wikipedia contributors, Eremiascincus brongersmai; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:04:46.189390+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Eremiascincus brongersmai (Storr, 1972)
- Name authority
- (Storr, 1972)
- Common name
- Brown-sided bar-lipped Skink
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Eremiascincus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyScincidae
- subfamilySphenomorphinae
- genusEremiascincus
- speciesEremiascincus brongersmai (Storr, 1972)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Eremiascincus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Narrow–banded SkinkEremiascincus intermedius (Sternfeld, 1919) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Orange-sided Bar-lipped SkinkEremiascincus douglasi (Storr, 1967) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eremiascincus butlerorum (Aplin, How & Boeadi, 1993) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eremiascincus antoniorum (Smith, 1927) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ghost SkinkEremiascincus phantasmus Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2013 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Narrow-banded SkinkEremiascincus pallidus (Günther, 1875) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mosaic desert skinkEremiascincus musivus Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2009 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lowlands Bar-lipped SkinkEremiascincus pardalis (Macleay, 1877) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rusty skinksEremiascincus rubiginosus Mecke & Doughty, 2018 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Sphenomorphus brongersmai Storr, 1972 Storr, 1972 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Eremiascincus&species=brongersmai Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6GDJK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.