Lygisaurus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Eugongylinae |
| Genus: | Lygisaurus De Vis, 1884[1] |
Geographic range edit
Species of Lygisaurus are found in Australia and New Guinea.[2]
Species edit
The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Lygisaurus absconditus (Worthington Wilmer in Couper et al., 2005) - Mt. Surprise litter-skink
- Lygisaurus aeratus (Garman, 1901) - large-disced litter-skink
- Lygisaurus curtus (Boulenger, 1897)
- Lygisaurus foliorum De Vis, 1884 - tree-base litter-skink
- Lygisaurus laevis (Oudemans, 1894) - rainforest edge litter-skink
- Lygisaurus macfarlani (Günther, 1877) - translucent litter-skink
- Lygisaurus malleolus (Roberts in Couper et al., 2005) - red-tailed litter-skink
- Lygisaurus novaeguineae (Meyer, 1874)
- Lygisaurus parrhasius (Couper, Covacevich & Lethbridge, 1994) - fire-tailed rainbow-skink
- Lygisaurus rimula Ingram & Covacevich, 1980 - crevice rainbow-skink
- Lygisaurus rococo Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 - Chillagoe litter-skink
- Lygisaurus sesbrauna Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 - Eastern Cape litter-skink
- Lygisaurus tanneri Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 - Endeavour River litter-skink
- Lygisaurus zuma Couper, 1993 - sun-loving litter-skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lygisaurus.
References edit
- ^ "Lygisaurus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae.
- ^ a b Genus Lygisaurus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading edit
- De Vis CW (1884). "New Queensland Lizards". Proc. Royal Soc. Queensland 1: 77–78. (Lygisaurus, new genus, p. 77).
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