Lygisaurus
| Lygisaurus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Eugongylinae |
| Genus: | Lygisaurus De Vis, 1884[1] |
Lygisaurus is a genus of skinks.
Geographic range
Species of Lygisaurus are found in Australia and New Guinea.[2]
Species
The following 13 species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Lygisaurus abscondita (Worthington Wilmer in Couper et al., 2005)
- Lygisaurus aeratus (Garman, 1901)
- Lygisaurus curtus (Boulenger, 1897)
- Lygisaurus foliorum De Vis, 1884
- Lygisaurus laevis (Oudemans, 1894)
- Lygisaurus macfarlani (Günther, 1877)
- Lygisaurus malleolus (Roberts in Couper et al., 2005)
- Lygisaurus novaeguineae (Meyer, 1874)
- Lygisaurus parrhasius (Couper, Covacevich & Lethbridge, 1994)
- Lygisaurus rococo Ingram & Covacevich, 1988
- Lygisaurus sesbrauna Ingram & Covacevich, 1988
- Lygisaurus tanneri Ingram & Covacevich, 1988
- Lygisaurus zuma Couper, 1993
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lygisaurus.
Etymology
The specific name, macfarlani, is in honor of English Missionary Samuel Macfarlane (1837–1911).[3]
The specific name, tanneri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Charles Tanner (1911–1996).[3]
References
- ↑ "Lygisaurus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae.
- 1 2 "Lygisaurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 1 2 Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lygisaurus macfarlani, p. 164; Lygisaurus tanneri, p. 260).
Further reading
- De Vis CW. 1884. New Queensland Lizards. Proc. Royal Soc. Queensland 1: 77-78. (Lygisaurus, new genus, p. 77).
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