Eremiascincus
| Eremiascincus | |
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| Eremiascincus richardsonii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia or Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Eremiascincus Greer, 1979[1] |
| Species | |
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14 sp., see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Glaphyromorphus | |
Eremiascincus is a genus of skinks endemic to Australia and Indonesia.[2]
Species
The genus contains the following 14 valid species, listed alphabetically by specific name.[2]
- Eremiascincus antoniorum (M.A. Smith, 1927)
- Eremiascincus brongersmai (Storr, 1972) – brown-sided bar-lipped skink
- Eremiascincus butlerorum (Aplin, How & Boeadi, 1993)
- Eremiascincus douglasi (Storr, 1967) – orange-sided bar-lipped skink
- Eremiascincus emigrans (Lidth de Jeude, 1895)
- Eremiascincus fasciolatus (Günther, 1867) – narrow-banded sand-swimmer
- Eremiascincus intermedius (Sternfeld, 1919)
- Eremiascincus isolepis (Boulenger, 1887) – northern bar-lipped skink
- Eremiascincus musivus Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2009 – mosaic desert skink
- Eremiascincus pallidus (Günther, 1875)
- Eremiascincus pardalis (Macleay, 1877) – lowlands bar-lipped skink
- Eremiascincus phantasmus Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2013
- Eremiascincus richardsonii (Gray, 1845) – broad-banded sand-swimmer
- Eremiascincus timorensis (Greer, 1990)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Eremiascincus.
References
- ↑ Zootaxa
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eremiascincus, The Reptile Database
Further reading
- Greer AE. 1979. Eremiascincus, a new generic name for some Australian sand swimming skinks (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Rec. Australian Mus. 32 (7): 321-388. ("Eremiascincus New Genus", p. 323).