Eulamprus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eulamprus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia (paraphyletic) (unranked) Sauria Order: Squamata (paraphyletic) Infraorder: Scincomorpha Family: Scincidae Subfamily: Lygosominae Genus: Eulamprus
Species
15, see text.

Eulamprus is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). It belongs to a clade in the Sphenomorphus group which contains such genera as Ctenotus and Anomalopus. Even closer related to Eulamprus than these two seems the Prickly Skink (Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae).(Austin & Arnold 2006)

[edit] Species

• Eulamprus amplus
• Eulamprus brachyosoma
• Eulamprus frerei
• Eulamprus heatwolei
• Eulamprus kosciuskoi
• Eulamprus leuraensis, Blue Mountain Water Skink
• Eulamprus luteilateralis
• Eulamprus martini
• Eulamprus murrayi
• Eulamprus quoyii
• Eulamprus sokosoma
• Eulamprus tenuis
• Eulamprus tigrinus
• Eulamprus tryoni
• Eulamprus tympanum, Southern Water Skink

[edit] References

• Austin, J.J. & Arnold, E.N. (2006): Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39(2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)