Lygisaurus

Lygisaurus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae.

Lygisaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Lygisaurus
De Vis, 1884[1]

Geographic range

Species of Lygisaurus are found in Australia and New Guinea.[2]

Species

The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lygisaurus.

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References

  1. "Lygisaurus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae.
  2. Genus Lygisaurus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • De Vis CW (1884). "New Queensland Lizards". Proc. Royal Soc. Queensland 1: 77–78. (Lygisaurus, new genus, p. 77).


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