Lygisaurus
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Lygisaurus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae.
Geographic rangeEdit
Species of Lygisaurus are found in Australia and New Guinea.<ref name=RDB/>
SpeciesEdit
The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.<ref name=RDB>Template:EMBL genus. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
- Lygisaurus absconditus Template:Small - Mt. Surprise litter-skink
- Lygisaurus aeratus Template:Small - large-disced litter-skink
- Lygisaurus curtus Template:Small
- Lygisaurus foliorum Template:Small - tree-base litter-skink
- Lygisaurus laevis Template:Small - rainforest edge litter-skink
- Lygisaurus macfarlani Template:Small - translucent litter-skink
- Lygisaurus malleolus Template:Small - red-tailed litter-skink
- Lygisaurus novaeguineae Template:Small
- Lygisaurus parrhasius Template:Small - fire-tailed rainbow-skink
- Lygisaurus rimula Template:Small - crevice rainbow-skink
- Lygisaurus rococo Template:Small - Chillagoe litter-skink
- Lygisaurus sesbrauna Template:Small - Eastern Cape litter-skink
- Lygisaurus tanneri Template:Small - Endeavour River litter-skink
- Lygisaurus zuma Template:Small - sun-loving litter-skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lygisaurus.
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- De Vis CW (1884). "New Queensland Lizards". Proc. Royal Soc. Queensland 1: 77–78. (Lygisaurus, new genus, p. 77).