Lamprolepis
| Lamprolepis | |
|---|---|
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| Lamprolepis smaragdina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Lygosominae |
| Genus: | Lamprolepis Fitzinger, 1843 |
Lamprolepis, the emerald skinks, are a genus of skinks in the subfamily Lygosominae.[1]
Geographic range
Species of the genus Lamprolepis are found in Indonesia and Malaysia, and on islands in the western Pacific.[2]
Species
Four species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Lamprolepis leucosticta (L. Müller, 1923)
- Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisi (Lidth de Jeude, 1905)
- Lamprolepis smaragdina (Lesson, 1826) – emerald tree skink, green tree skink
- Lamprolepis vyneri (Shelford, 1905)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lamprolepis.
References
- ↑ Wrobel, Murray (2004). Elsevier's Dictionary of Reptiles: in Latin, English, German, French and Italian. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. 758 pp. (Lamprolepis, p. 265). ISBN 978-0-444-51499-8.
- 1 2 "Lamprolepis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Lamprolepis, new genus, p. 22). (in Latin).
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