Eremiascincus
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Eremiascincus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Australia, Indonesia, and East Timor.<ref name=rdb/>
SpeciesEdit
The genus contains the following 15 valid species, listed alphabetically by specific name.<ref name=rdb>"Eremiascincus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
- Eremiascincus antoniorum (M.A. Smith, 1927)
- Eremiascincus brongersmai (Storr, 1972) – brown-sided bar-lipped skink
- Eremiascincus butlerorum (Aplin, How & Boeadi, 1993)
- Eremiascincus douglasi (Storr, 1967) – orange-sided bar-lipped skink
- Eremiascincus emigrans (Lidth de Jeude, 1895)
- Eremiascincus fasciolatus (Günther, 1867) – narrow-banded sand-swimmer, thick-tailed skink
- Eremiascincus intermedius (Sternfeld, 1919) – northern narrow–banded skink
- Eremiascincus isolepis (Boulenger, 1887) – northern bar-lipped skink, short-legged slender skink
- Eremiascincus musivus Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2009 – mosaic desert skink
- Eremiascincus pallidus (Günther, 1875) – western sand-swimming skink, western narrow-banded skink
- Eremiascincus pardalis (Macleay, 1877) – lowlands bar-lipped skink
- Eremiascincus phantasmus Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2013 – ghost skink
- Eremiascincus richardsonii (Gray, 1845) – broad-banded sand-swimmer, Richardson's skink
- Eremiascincus rubiginosus Mecke & Doughty, 2018 – rusty skink
- Eremiascincus timorensis (Greer, 1990)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Eremiascincus.
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- Greer AE (1979). "Eremiascincus, a new generic name for some Australian sand swimming skinks (Lacertilia: Scincidae)". Rec. Australian Mus. 32 (7): 321–388. ("Eremiascincus New Genus", p. 323).