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 |
| Species | |
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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).
Species
- Anomalopus brevicollis Greer and Cogger, 1985 – short-necked worm-skink (NE Australia)
- Anomalopus gowi Greer and Cogger, 1985 – speckled worm-skink (NE Australia)
- Anomalopus leuckartii (Weinland, 1862) – two-clawed worm-skink (eastern Australia)
- Anomalopus mackayi, Greer & Cogger, 1985 – five-clawed worm-skink (eastern Australia)
- Anomalopus pluto Ingram, 1977 – Cape York worm-skink (NE Australia)
- Anomalopus swansoni Greer and Cogger, 1985 – punctate worm-skink (east coastal Australia)
- Anomalopus verreauxi A.M.C. Dumeril & A.H.A. Dumeril, 1851 – three-clawed worm-skink
References
- Austin, J.J. & Arnold, E.N. (2006): Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)
Further reading
- Duméril AMC, Duméril AHA. 1851. Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptiles du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Paris: Gide & Baudry/Roret. 224 pp. (Anomalopus, new genus, p. 185). (in French).
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