Glaphyromorphus
Glaphyromorphus is a genus of lizards in the skink family (Scincidae).[2]
| Glaphyromorphus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphenomorphinae |
| Genus: | Glaphyromorphus Wells & Wellington, 1984[1] |
Geographic range
Species in the genus Glaphyromorphus are found in Australia and New Guinea.[3]
Species
The following 11 species are recognized:[3][1]
- Glaphyromorphus clandestinus Hoskin & Couper, 2004 - Mount Elliot mulch-skink
- Glaphyromorphus cracens (Greer, 1985) - slender mulch-skink
- Glaphyromorphus crassicaudus (A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) - Cape York mulch-skink
- Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis (Storr, 1967) - northern mulch-skink
- Glaphyromorphus fuscicaudis (Greer, 1979) - brown-tailed bar-lipped skink, grey-tailed skink
- Glaphyromorphus mjobergi (Lönnberg & Andersson, 1915) - Atherton Tableland skink
- Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis (Macleay, 1877) - black-tailed bar-lipped skink
- Glaphyromorphus nyanchupinta Hoskin & Couper, 2014 - McIlwraith bar-lipped skink
- Glaphyromorphus othelarrni Hoskin & Couper, 2014 - Cape Melville bar-lipped skink
- Glaphyromorphus pumilus (Boulenger, 1887) - dwarf mulch-skink
- Glaphyromorphus punctulatus (W. Peters, 1871) - fine-spotted mulch-skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Glaphyromorphus.
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References
- "Glaphyromorphus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
- "Glaphyromorphus ". Wikispecies. species.wikimedia.org.
- Genus Glaphyromorphus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Wells RW, Wellington CR (1984) ("1983"). "A Synopsis of the Class Reptilia in Australia". Australian Journal of Herpetology 1 (3-4): 73-129. (Glaphyromorphus, new genus, p. 95).
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
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