Silvascincus
Silvascincus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. Both species in the genus are endemic to Australia. They were previously placed in the genus Eulamprus.
Silvascincus | |
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Silvascincus murrayi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Subfamily: | Sphenomorphinae |
Genus: | Silvascincus Skinner, Hutchinson, & Lee, 2013 |
Species | |
Two, see text. |
Species
The following two species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid:[1]
- Silvascincus murrayi (Boulenger, 1887) – blue-speckled forest-skink
- Silvascincus tryoni (Longman, 1918) – Border Ranges blue-spectacled skink, forest skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Silvascincus.
gollark: But will it be a xenowyrm, that is the true question.
gollark: I don't like the arcanæons much generally, but that's just me being weird about dragon tastes.
gollark: I'd offer something for a chrono xeno but I don't have much between "stupidly rare" and "incredibly common" now.
gollark: X E N O W Y R M S so yes.
gollark: Forest?
References
- Silvascincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2018.
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