Lampropholis
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| Indo-Australian ground skinks | |
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| Common Garden Skink (L. guichenoti) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia (paraphyletic) |
| (unranked): | Sauria |
| Order: | Squamata (paraphyletic) |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Lygosominae |
| Genus: | Lampropholis Fitzinger, 1843 |
| Species | |
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Lampropholis, the Indo-Australian ground skinks or Sunskinks, are a genus of skinks in the subfamily Lygosominae. It belongs to a clade with the genera Niveoscincus, Leiolopisma and possibly others of the Eugongylus group.[1] They are found mainly in Indonesia and Australia. For similar skinks see genera Bassiana, Pseudemoia, and Niveoscincus.
Species[2][3][4]
- Lampropholis adonis Ingram, 1991 – Diamond Shielded Sunskink
- Lampropholis amicula (Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981) – Friendly Sunskink
- Lampropholis caligula (Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981) – Montane Sunskink
- Lampropholis coggeri Ingram, 1991 – Rainforest Sunskink
- Lampropholis colossus Ingram, 1991 – Bunya Sunskink, Greater Litter Skink
- Lampropholis couperi Ingram, 1991 – Plain-backed Sunskink
- Lampropholis delicata (de Vis, 1888) – Delicate Skink, Rainbow Skink, or Garden Skink, Delicate Grass Skink
- Lampropholis elongata Greer, 1997
- Lampropholis guichenoti (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – Common Garden Skink, Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink, Grass Skink, Guichenot's Grass Skink
- Lampropholis longleyi Wells and Wellington, 1985 – Longley's Grass Skink
- Lampropholis lunneyi Wells and Wellington, 1984 – Lunney’s Litter Skink
- Lampropholis mirabilis Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981 – Saxicoline Sunskink
- Lampropholis robertsi Ingram, 1991 – Grey-bellied Sunskink
- Lampropholis swani Wells and Wellington, 1985 – Swan’s Litter Skink
this is a lizard-type creature.
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- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Lampropholis, The Reptile Database
- ↑ Wilson S, Swan G. A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia. Second edition. Sydney:New Holland Publ., 2003.
- ↑ Some Taxonomic Changes to the Genus Lampropholis (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Australia, AUSTRALIAN BIODIVERSITY RECORd
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