Lygisaurus

Lygisaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
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 14 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 rimula Ingram & Covacevich, 1980
  • 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

  1. ↑ "Lygisaurus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae.
  2. 1 2 "Lygisaurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 1 2 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (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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