Eugongylus
| Mastiff skinks or short-legged giant kinks | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia (paraphyletic) |
| Subclass: | Diapsida |
| (unranked): | Sauria |
| Infraclass: | Lepidosauromorpha |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Scleroglossa |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Lygosominae |
| Genus: | Eugongylus Fitzinger, 1843 |
| Species | |
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Five, see text | |
Eugongylus is a genus of skinks in the subfamily Lygosominae. The namesake of the Eugonglyus group of genera, it occupies a quite basal position among these.[1] Members of this genus are commonly called mastiff skinks or short-legged giant skinks.
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Eugongylus albofasciolatus (Günther, 1872) – white-banded mastiff skink, white-banded giant skink, white-striped cape skink
- Eugongylus mentovarius (Boettger, 1895) – odd-chinned mastiff skink, odd-chinned giant skink
- Eugongylus rufescens (Shaw, 1802) – bar-lipped sheen-skink
- Eugongylus sulaensis (Kopstein, 1927) – Sula skink
- Eugongylus unilineatus (de Rooij, 1915)
Notabene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Eugongylus.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Eugongylus |
- ↑ Austin JJ, Arnold EN. (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)
- ↑ Eugongylus. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Fitzinger L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Eugongylus, new genus, p. 23). (in Latin).
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