Lamprolepis

Emerald skinks
Lamprolepis smaragdina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia (paraphyletic)
Subclass: Diapsida
(unranked): Sauria
Infraclass: Lepidosauromorpha
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Scleroglossa
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Lygosominae
Genus: Lamprolepis
Fitzinger, 1843

Lamprolepis, the emerald skinks, are a genus of skinks in the subfamily Lygosominae.[1]

References

  1. Murray Wrobel (2004). Elsevier's dictionary of reptiles: in Latin, English, German, French and Italian. Elsevier. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-444-51499-8.