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Scientific names addenda
Addenda (in order of publication year), to:
2014. Reviving unique words: The niche of
scientific names. Endangered
Words,
Signs of Revival, AustraLex, edited by Ghil'ad
Zuckermann, Julia Miller and Jasmin Morley. (Papers from
Australex 2013, The University of Adelaide, Australia, 25–28
July 2013.) ISBN 978-0-646-92900-2 http://www.adelaide.edu.au/australex/publications/
* 26 page PDF http://www.adelaide.edu.au/australex/publications/nashsc.pdf
- Parinari nonda Bentham
1864; the earliest use of an Australian word in a
botanical name, from L. Leichhardt, from southeast Queensland;
cf. Mrs Salton's vocabulary oondoo 'Adenanthera'
[Archibald Meston Papers, OM64-17 Box 2 (3), John
Oxley Library, Brisbane]
- [the moth genus Churinga
Moore 1878 is known from Darjeeling (India) and is
apparently unrelated to Australia]
- Paspalum galmarra (now a synonym of P. paniculatum)
FM Bailey 1894 Botany. Contributions to the Flora of Queensland.
Botany Bulletin (Department of Agriculture, Queensland)
9,12. Also published by Bailey in Descr. Cat. Queensland
Grasses 1899, 19. From Galmarra, the personal name
of a man who contributed during Edmund Kennedy’s ill-fated Cape
York expedition in 1848.
- Eucalyptus coolabah Blakely & Jacobs (Blakely
1934:245-246) from the Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay name gulabaa
(or gulubaa) for the Coolabah gum sp. (E. microtheca
F.Muell. has been misapplied to E. coolabah); also E.
coolabah var. aparra (Blakely 1934:246) of
unstated origin, and apparently not recognised
- Eucalyptus wandoo Blakely 1934:112 from the Nyungar
name for the white gum sp.
- (thanks to Myf Turpin): Endoxyla (Xyleutes) biarpiti
(Tindale
1953:60–2) Cossid moth of the witjuti (witchety) grub,
from Western Desert Language variety at Ooldea biarpiti
referring to the host bush of the grubs Zygophyllum (Roepera)
fruticulosum var. eremaeum; (thanks to Nick
Thieberger): compare Daisy Bates XII2G8a Central Districts Folio
60/171-192 "Bardi (grubs.) maw'-gu; biabirdi; lungil"
- Tjurunga
Lehtinen 1967, a genus of spiders found in Tasmania
- (thanks to Barry Alpher): Alfuy virus (ALFV) (a subtype of the
flavivirus Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVEV)) < alfuy
'pheasant coucal' (Uw-Oykangand) Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
(1968) 62.3,439-445 doi:10.1016/0035-9203(68)90096-5 http://trstmh.oxfordjournals.org/content/62/3/439.short
- (thanks to Barry Alpher) further virus names, from Hull, Brown
& Payne 1989 Virology
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=02KuCwAAQBAJ
See also http://www.ictvdb.org/
and tentative names in Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (1968)
62.3,430-8 https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(68)90095-3
Almpiwar : Uw-Oykangand and Olkol inh albmbiwar (Olk,
Oyk) 'robust ctenotus, Ctenotus robustus'
Koongol : Koko-Bera kongól
Kowanyama (from placename, from kawvn yamar 'many
waters' in Yir Yoront)
Mapputta
Trubanaman : Koko-Bera trvpén 'antbed' Locative Trvpenvmvntvw
('Old Mission')
Wongal : Thayorr wongol 'mosquito'
Wongorr : probably Yir Yoront wangarr 'ghost'
Bunyaviridae, Bunyavirus: Type species (name at 1975 proposal) :
Bunyamwera virus, Smithburn prototype strain
- various amphipod crustaceans Paradexamine spp.,
including churinga,
goomai, linga, ronngi,
thadalee, windarra J.L.
Barnard
1972; Guernea endota Barnard 1972 : see P.L.
Rothman .1993. New families, genera and species of amphipod
crustaceans described by J. Laurens Barnard (1928–1991) Journal
of Natural History 27:4,743-780, DOI:
10.1080/00222939300770461
- †Ankotarinja gen. nov. marsupial carnivore "An
allusion to Ankotarinja, a dreamtime ancestor (Robinson
1966, p.26) who, having remained buried a long time as bones in
the earth, resurrected himself in a small watercourse." (Archer
1976:54); Aranda from the place Ankota (Strehlow 1933)
- †Keeuna gen. nov. marsupial carnivore "Kee,
central Australian Aboriginal word for wild cat; una,
central Australian Aboriginal word for forgotten (Smith 1880)" (Archer
1976:64)
- Yammacoona kunarella and dozens of other benthic marine
amphipods, pp.166ff in Barnard, J. L.;Drummond, M. M. 1978. Gammaridean
Amphipoda of Australia, Part III. The Phoxocephalidae. Smithsonian
Contributions to Zoology
https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.103
page 11: "NOMENCLATURE.—Except where noted, all new names derive
from the aboriginal languages of Australia. All new generic
names, regardless of ending, are masculine in gender. Those
Australian species names not agreeing in ending with their
genera are nouns in apposition. Names are derived from
appropriate adjectives or legendary descriptives of gods, star
clusters, biological analogues, or natural phenomena."
Yammacoona 'spirit woman' (Duncan-Kemp 1952:236,1964:34,119,236)
'Yammacoona the Earth Mother' (Duncan-Kemp 1934:31,140,278ff;
1962:5)
- †Barawertornis a new genus of Dromornithids from
‘Barawerti, Aboriginal word for ground; ornis,
G., bird’ Rich (1979:23-26) (thanks to Philip Clarke) BMR
Bulletin 184 https://d28rz98at9flks.cloudfront.net/40/Bull_184.pdf
* bărawèrti 'ground' in Tiwi (Spencer 1914:470 Native
tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia); cf. parruwarti
'dirt, earth, soil', kuluwuni 'ground' https://ausil.org.au/Dictionary/Tiwi/lexicon/main.htm
- †Ilbandornis genus of extinct birds from ‘Ilbanda,
Aboriginal word for ground; Ornis, G. [Greek], bird' Pat
Vickers Rich 1979:36 The Dromornithidae, an extinct family
of large ground birds endemic to Australia. BMR Bulletin
184 (thanks to Philip Clarke) * "Ilbanda (earth)"
in vocabulary from "Popham Bay, North Australia" [Cobourg
Peninsula] from GW Earle added to the table in Taplin 1872
'Notes on a Comparative Table of Australian Languages' JRAI
1,84–88 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2841150
- †Kadimakara australiensis gen. et sp. nov. "Name
derived from Aboriginal mythology, referring to pre-historic
animals." Bartholomai 1979:226 Alcheringa https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03115517908527795
* apparently derived from Gregory (1906: Chapter 1; see also
116,353 https://archive.org/embed/deadheartofaust00greg)
(thanks to Philip Clarke) * from the Dieri (Diyari) language kardimarkara
'mythical serpent' (Austin 2021[1981]:229 https://www.academia.edu/44936239/A_Grammar_of_Diyari_South_Australia)
and see Smith 2018 'The historiography of kardimarkara:
Reading a desert tradition as cultural memory of the remote
past' https://doi.org/10.1177/1469605318817685
- Yunkara, a genus of proctotrupoid wasps. Ian Douglas
Galloway. 1979. 'The systematics of the Australian
Scelioninae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea: Scelionidae}',
PhD thesis, Department of Entomology, University of Queensland
pp.235–8 'The generic name is derived from an aboriginal word
"Yunkara" meaning "stranger" and is to be regarded as feminine.'
(p238) Probably via Reed & Reed (1965), presumably from
Yunkara ‘stranger’ the last entry in the glossary of AM
Duncan-Kemp (1952:43,240 1964:65,290) mostly from southwest
Queensland Channel Country languages.
- Clelandia bulundari G.Beaton p.459 "Etym, from the
Aboriginal name for the fungus, Bulundari"; "Balgo Mission, …
Julio 1980, leg. Fr A. Peile … Nomen in lingua Gugadja: bulundari."
G.
Beaton & Gretna Weste. 1982. Australian hypogaean
ascomycetes. Transactions of the British Mycological Society
79.3,455–468. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0007-1536(82)80038-7
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0007153682800387
- Ctenophorus yinnietharra (Storr, 1981), from type
locality 5km east of Yinnietharra, WA 24°41’S 116°13’E
- Syzygium boonjee Boonjee Satinash tree, "This species
is of frequent occurrence in an area loosely referred to as
Boonjee. This area has produced a number of interesting species
in various families and the specific epithet was chosen to
perpetuate the name and perhaps draw attention to this
botanically important area." Hyland
1983:60. Boonjee locality 17°24'S 145°44'E is near Malanda
in N Qld. Cf. Yidiny bunji 'Ficus destruens'.
- Wodhyethia (previously Wodyetia) monotypic
genus of foxtail palm. A.K. Irvine. 1983 Wodyetia, a new
arecoid genus from Australia. Principes 27.4,158–167 https://palms.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/v27n4p158-167.pdf
From Wodhyethi, one of the names of Johnny Flinders "the last
surviving, male Aboriginal with traditional knowledge of the
area" * circumstances described in pp64–76 Dave
Witty What the trees see (Monash Publishing
2023) * Thiele K, Forbes S, Sutton P & Flinders C.
2024. The correct genus spelling for the Australian foxtail palm
is Wodhyethia. Australian Journal of Taxonomy
76,1–4. doi: https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.gdpnx
(thanks to Peter Sutton)
- Bulbophyllum boonjee B. Gray & D.L.Jones 1984, an
orchid : see Syzygium boonjee 1983
- Mesua sp. Boonjee (A.K. Irvine 1218), Adelopetalum
boonjee (B.Gray & D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones &
M.A.Clements 2002 (tree or rock orchid) : see Syzygium
boonjee 1983
- Dysphania kalpari Paul G.
Wilson
Wilson, Paul G. 1983. A taxonomic revision of the tribe
Chenopodieae (Chenopodiaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 4.2
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53204842#page/66/mode/1up
p.196: "On a specimen from Warburton Mission (R.A. Gould, 3
April 1967, PERTH) it is recorded that the Aboriginal name is
Kalpari and that it is an important seed-food plant of
ngatatjara, pitjantjatjara and pintupi natives. A further
specimen (W. H. Moyle, 1 July 1958, PERTH) has with it a note to
say that it is called Kalpari and that it is sought after by
Aborigines in the Walter James Range to make flour. The specific
epithet is taken from the Aboriginal name for the plant in
central Australia." / kalpari 'rat tails plant,
crumbweed: Dysphania kalpari (scented herb with edible
seed)' [Ngaanyatjarra/Ngaatjatjarra–English dictionary
2003]
-
†Muramura genus of prehistoric mammal (Pledge 1987)
- †Dromaius gidju (later †Emuarius gidju), with
the species epithet derived from ‘From an Aboriginal word
meaning ‘small’ … language not specified’ (Patterson & Rich
1987:97 Records of the SA Museum 21.2,96) gidju
‘small’ in a language spoken along the Warrego River in central
NSW (Mathew1899:233) (thanks to Philip Clarke)
- (thanks to David Moore:) †Baru genus Willis et al. 1990
crocodilian p.522 of 'Baru darrowi gen. et sp. nov., a
large broad-snouted crocodyline (Eusuchia: Crocodylidae) from
mid-Tertiary freshwater limestones in northern Australia' https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40654676,
Yolŋu Matha 'crocodile's ancestor'
- Ctenophorus tjantjalka "The specific epithet is the
name used by the Aboriginal people of north-western South
Australia for saxicolous agamid lizards. It is used as a noun
and is not subject to termination changes." GR Johnston 1992. Ctenophorus
tjantjalka, a new dragon lizard (Lacertilia: Agamidae)
from northern South Australia. Records of the South
Australian Museum 26,51-59.
- Budawangia I.Telford heterotypic nom. cons. synonym of
Epacris Cav., in the heath or heather family. ‘The genus
is named from the Budawang Range of the Southern Tablelands
escarpment of New South Wales, to which and its associated
plateaus the genus is restricted.’ p.231 in Telford, Ian RH.
1992. Budawangia and Rupicola, new and revised
genera of Epacridaceae. Telopea 5.1,229–239.
- †Yurlunggur n. gen., fossil Madtsoiidae snake "Yurlunggur
is the name of the mythic Rainbow Serpent in the language of the
Ngolju (Dua and Jiritja) people of north-eastern Arnhem Land,
Northern Territory (Mountford 1978). Gender is masculine."
Scanlon 1992:50 Beagle 9.1.49-60 https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/informit.728414040355037
https://www.academia.edu/download/31087716/Yurlunggur1992.pdf
(thanks to Philip Clarke) * yuḻuŋgurr
'didgeridoo--big' https://yolngudictionary.cdu.edu.au/
- †Quinkana timara Megirian 1994 Megirian, Dirk. A
new species of Qujnkana molnar (Eusuchia: Crocodylidae)
from the Miocene Camfield beds of Northern Australia. Beagle:
Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern
Territory 11, Nov 1994: 145-166. from Kuku-Yalanji Timara
'thin Quinkan spirits', alluding to the narrower snout relative
to †Q. fortirostrum p.164 https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55849171
- †Kambara genus Willis et al. 1993 An early Eocene
crocodilian from Murgon, southeastern Queensland. p.29:
'crocodile' in a Queensland language (Reed 1965:21,46,92)
(compare Waanyi kaburrukaja 'freshwater crocodile')
- Corymbia karelgica pp.430-1 in Kenneh D Hill and
Lawrence AS Johnson (13 Dec 1995) Systematic studies in the
eucalypts. 7. A revision of the bloodwoods, genus Corymbia
(Myrtaceae). Telopea 6.2-3,185-504. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/emuwebnswlive/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=75833&reftable=ebibliography
karelgica from "the main occurrence of this species
between Karunjie and Elgee; the 'g' is to be pronounced soft as
in 'gem'"
- Corymbia punkapitiensis, pp.449-51 in Hill &
Johnson 1995 (see C. karelgica), "from the Aboriginal
community of Punkapiti, which is the type locality", Walter
James Range, WA
- Maratus mungaich p169: from Nyoongar mungaich
'banksia' (Bindon and Chadwick 1992); spider is found in banksia
(Banksia grandis Willdenow) Julianne M. WaIdock. 1995. A
new species of Maratus from southwestern Australia
(Araneae: Salticidae)
Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement No.
52,165-169. https://www.peacockspider.org/#/maratus-mungaich/
- †Quinkana babarra Willis & Mackness 1996
from Kuku-Yalanji babarr 'older sister', denoting
relationship to †Q. fortirostrum p.146 http://biostor.org/reference/68800/page/4
- †Elseya nadibajagu Thomson & Mackness 1999 from
Kuku-Yalanji nadi bajagu 'very long time ago' (p104)
Fossil turtles from the early Pliocene Bluff Downs Local Fauna,
with a description of a new species of Elseya. Transactions
of the Royal Society of South Australia 123.3,101-105. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41320198
- Therlinya, a genus of spiders in the Stiphidiidae
family http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3195
"an Aboriginal word meaning 'tongue'. It refers to the shape of
the epigynal scape present in most species" (Gray
&
Smith 2002:296) This spelling is from the 1863 wordlist of
the Marowra Language, from Yelta station, Darling River, published
in
Brough Smyth
- Therlinya ballata (a spider) "an Aboriginal word for
the native cherry tree and is a reference to the type locality"
viz. Cherry Tree North SF, SW of Casino (Gray
&
Smith 2002:305-6) cf. cherry
ballart; from balaad (Wergaia and Djadjala
dialects of Wemba)
- Acacia
tumida var. kulparn M.W. McDonald, Austral.
Syst. Bot. 16,160–162, fig 13 (2003), from Walmajarri kulparn
- aside: Wydundra, Wesmaldra, and Nomindra
genera of spider "The generic name is an arbitrary combination
of letters considered feminine in gender." (Platnick
&
Baehr 2006:106,173,199), possibly to rhyme with Myandra
(Simon
1887:159)
- Murrindisyllis 2007 (thanks to Jim Wafer): p18n50: Murrindi
is likely from a placename in the Hunter valley Murrurundi
'Five fingers' (Coady 1899 ‘Scone' list, RASA CD-ROM,
transcribed on page 70 of 'Placenames as a guide to language
distribution in the Upper Hunter, and the landnám problem in
Australian toponomastics' by Jim Wafer, Chapter 4, pages 57-81
in Indigenous
and Minority Place Names – Australian and International
Perspectives edited by Ian Clark et al., http://press.anu.edu.au?p=286811)
- †Mythunga genus of pterosaur (Molnar
and Thulborn 2007:462),
"referring to a star and a hunter of the skies in an unspecified
western Queensland aboriginal dialect (Duncan-Kemp, 1968)" pages
142,203,314 Where
strange gods call
- Karrikinolide, a chemical compound previously referred to as
‘butenolide’ or 3-methyl-2H-furo[2,3-c]pyran-2-one from Nyungar
karrik 'smoke' KW Dixon, DJ Merritt, GR Flematti & EL
Ghisalberti. 2007. Karrikinolide—a phytoreactive compound
derived from smoke with applications in horticulture, ecological
restoration and agriculture. In VI International symposium on
new floricultural crops, Acta Horticulturae 813,155–170.
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). http://www.actahort.org/books/813/813
20.htm
- Ctenophorus nguyarna (Lake Disappointment Dragon)
(thanks to Jacqueline Battin). 'Etymology.—The specific
epithet nguyarna is a name used by the Kartujarra people
to refer to Lake Disappointment. Pronunciation-the first "n" is
silent.' page 82 Paul Doughty, Brad Maryan, Jane Melville and
Jeremy Austin. A new species of Ctenophorus (Lacertilia:
Agamidae) from Lake Disappointment, Western Australia. Herpetologica
63.1 (March 2007),72-86. https://www.jstor.org/stable/449793
* actually ngayurna-ngalku (literally ‘I will
eat’).refers to the cannibal creatures of Lake Disappointment
(thanks to Jacqueline Battin); and the initial ng
denotes the velar nasal
- Diplodactylus wiru, a stone gecko, from "Western Desert
languages (e.g. Pitjantjatjara, Ngaatjatjarra), wiru
meaning 'beautiful' or 'fine' (Goddard 1996); chosen to
highlight the bold markings of this species" (Hutchinson
et al 2009:42)
- †Wilaru, extinct genus of stone-curlew from the Diyari
word for stone-curlew, Boles
et
al. 2013
- Ctenophorus mirrityana, a dragon lizard; "mirrityana
is a word meaning “out in the sunlight” in the local Aboriginal
language (Paakantyi; Hercus, 1993), in reference to the
conspicuousness of the species during hot weather. There are
several rock engravings depicting lizards at Mutawintji National
Park (McCarthy & Macintosh, 1962), some of which may
represent this species given it’s prominence in the area"( McLean,
Moussalli,
Sass & Stuart-Fox 2013)
- Maratus karrie p76 “Nyoongar) word for the eucalypt
tree known as Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor), a dominant
tree in the range of this species (Bindon and Chadwick, 1992)”.
Julianne M. Waldock. 2013. A review of the peacock spiders of
the Maratus mungaich species-group (Araneae:
Salticidae), with descriptions of four new species. Records
of the Western Australian Museum 28,66–81. https://www.peacockspider.org/#/maritime/
- Ischnothyreus boonjee Edward & Harvey, 2014, a
spider : see Syzygium boonjee 1983
- Oedura murrumanu, a Velvet Gecko from the limestone
ranges of the southern Kimberley (Oliver
et
al 2014:53) “Etymology. ‘Murru manu’ (‘u’ pronouced as
‘oo’) is the word for gecko in the language of the Bunuba people
of the south-west Kimberley. This new species is probably
entirely restricted to the traditional lands of the Bunuba.”
- Carlia wundalthini, a skink, from Wundalthini a
personal "name of Charlie Monaghan, a Traditional Owner who was
born in the Cape Melville area" (Hoskin
2014:227)
- †Kunbarrasaurus
Leahey et al. 2015, fossil genus, from Wunumura
(Mayi) kunbara 'shield'
- Diplodactylus bilybara, Western Fat-tailed Gecko.
"Refers to the Pilbara region where this species occurs. The
name Pilbara is said to be derived from the Aboriginal word
bilybara, meaning 'dry' in the languages of the Nyamal and
Banyjima people." (Oliver
et
al 2014)
- Strophurus congoo, a gecko, "in honour of Mr Tom
Congoo, Bar-Barrum elder, and his family, who hold native title
claim over the area where Strophurus congoo sp. nov. was
first discovered." near Petford, north Queensland; sc. Mbabaram
(Vanderduys
2016:347)
- Gehyra girloorloo from Gooniyandi girliwoorloo
'limestone', where "this species appears to be restricted to" (Oliver et al
2016:58)
- Oedura luritja, Mereenie velvet gecko. "The western
parts of the distribution of Oedura luritja (including
Watarrka National Park) are in Luritja lands. Luritja is also
believed to be derived from the Arrernte word ‘Ulerenye’ meaning
foreigner or stranger, and is therefore further appropriate for
such a deeply divergent lineage." (Oliver
&
McDonald 2016:)
- †Wongaroo amplipectorale gen. et sp. n. "The genus is
named after the Wonga Roo Road (also spelled Wongaroo), which
leads to the Talbragar Fish Bed site; the gender of the name is
neuter. There is also a mystical creature called the wongaroo,
whose existence, in the neighbourhood of Cooper’s Creek, was
described by Mueller (1865: 301)…" [Mueller, F. (1865) Mr. D.
McIntyre’s journey across Australia, from Victoria to the Gulf
of Carpentaria, and discovery of supposed traces of Leichhardt.
Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London
9.6,300–305] Rolf G. Oberprieler, Lauren G. Ashman, Michael
Frese & Adam Ślipiński. 2016. The first elateroid beetles
(Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Elateroidea) from the Upper Jurassic of
Australia. Zootaxa
4147 (2): 177–191. Wonga Roo Rd is apparently named after
a farm
named 'Wonga Roo'.
- phytoplasma ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma wodyetiae’, a new
taxon associated with yellow decline disease of foxtail palm (Wodyetia
bifurcata) in Malaysia. Neda Naderali et al 2-17 Int
J Syst Evol Microbiol (International Journal of
Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology) 67.10,3765-3772
http://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002187
* from Wodyetia genus named in 1983
- †Awengkere magnanatis gen. et sp. nov. Worthy &
Yates (2017:221-252). An Anatidae from the Late Miocene (7-9
Mys), Alcoota, p.224; from awengkere E. Arrernte
'duck'.
- †Dromaius arleyekweke 'Alcoota dwarf emu', from arleye
'emu' kweke 'little'
- †Fostoria dhimbangunmal p.3 Bell, P.R., Brougham, T.,
Herne, M.C., Frauenfelder, T., Smith, E.T., 2018. Fostoria
dhimbangunmal gen. et sp. nov., a new iguanodontian
(Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the mid-Cretaceous of Lightning
Ridge, NSW, Australia. Journal
of
Vertebrate Paleontology e1564757), from dhimba
'sheep', ngunmal ‘yard’ “in the language of the
Yuwaalaraay, Yuwaalayaay, and Gamilaraay peoples, after the
Sheepyard opal field where the bone bed is located”
- †Mukupirnidae family, †Mukupirna
genus
of fossil Vombatiformes: Mukupirna means "big bones" in
the Diyari and Malyangapa languages (Beck, Robin MD, Louys,
Julien, et al., 25 June 2020) http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66425-8
- Ctenophorus sand dragon lizard species tjakalpa
(Great Victoria Desert), kartiwarrui (Dieri 'red-backed
lizard'), ibiri (Barngarla 'small lizard') and tuniluki
(Ngarrindjeri 'sand lizard') Edwards & Hutchinson J.
Herpetolog, 57.2,176-196 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1670/22-021
* https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-03/four-sand-dragon-lizard-species-discovered-in-south-australia/102555390
- Wodhyethia 2024: see Wodyetia 1983
- †Elseya mudburra 2024 Mehdi Joseph-Ouni &
Adam Yates https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-03/prehistoric-turtle-fossil-found-magnt/104777374
* from Bullock Creek near Kalkarindji
additional information
Nash 2014:17n46 dinjerra 'west' likely sourced from AW Reed
(1965:62), in turn likely a misinterpretation of what is probably a
placename Dhindirrina published as "... as she blew from
Dinjerrah the west ..." page 18 K. Langloh Parker's More
Australian legendary tales https://archive.org/details/moreaustralianl00parkgoog
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