Anomalopus

Anomalopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia (paraphyletic)
(unranked): Sauria
Order: Squamata (paraphyletic)
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Lygosominae
Genus: Anomalopus
A.M.C. Duméril &
A.H.A. Duméril, 1851
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8, see text.

Anomalopus is the genus of worm-skinks, smallish smooth-scaled burrowing skinks (family Scincidae) from the eastern half of Australia. It belongs to a clade in the Sphenomorphus group which contains such genera as Ctenotus and the close relatives Eulamprus and Gnypetoscincus (Austin & Arnold 2006).

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