Lissolepis
Lissolepis is a genus of mid-sized skinks (adult snout-vent length 100–130 mm) with a bulky angular body and small eyes. 20–28 rows of midbody scales; dorsal scales smooth. The nasal scale has a postnarial groove; the subocular scale row is complete. Eyelids similar in colour to the adjacent scales.[1] They were previously placed in the genus Egernia.
Lissolepis | |
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Eastern mourning skink (Lissolepis coventryi) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Subfamily: | Egerniinae |
Genus: | Lissolepis Peters, 1872 |
Species | |
2 species (see text) |
Species
- Lissolepis coventryi (Storr, 1978) – eastern mourning skink
- Lissolepis luctuosa (W. Peters, 1866) – western mourning skink, western glossy swamp skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lissolepis.
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References
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Wikispecies has information related to Lissolepis |
- Gardner, Michael G.; Hugall, Andrew F.; Donnellan, Stephen C.; Hutchinson, Mark N.; Foster, Ralph (2008). "Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the Egernia group (Reptilia: Scincidae)". Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 154 (4): 781-794. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00422.x (HTML abstract).
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