Silvascincus
Silvascincus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. Both species in the genus are endemic to Australia. They were previously placed in the genus Eulamprus.
| Silvascincus | |
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| Silvascincus murrayi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphenomorphinae |
| Genus: | Silvascincus Skinner, Hutchinson & Lee, 2013 |
| Species | |
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Two, see text. | |
Species
The following two species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid:[1]
- Silvascincus murrayi (Boulenger, 1887) – blue-speckled forest-skink, Murray's skink
- Silvascincus tryoni (Longman, 1918) – Border Ranges blue-spectacled skink, Tryon's skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Silvascincus.
Etymology
The specific name, murrayi, is in honor of Canadian oceanographer, John Murray.[2]
The specific name, tryoni, is in honor of English scientist Henry Tryon (1856–1943).[2]
References
- Silvascincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2018.
- 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. (Eulamprus murrayi, p. 185; Eulamprus tryoni, p. 268).
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