Lygisaurus

Lygisaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Eugongylinae
Genus:	Lygisaurus De Vis, 1884

Lygisaurus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae.

Geographic range

Species of Lygisaurus are found in Australia and New Guinea.

Species

The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.

• Lygisaurus absconditus (Worthington Wilmer in Couper et al., 2005) – Mt. Surprise litter-skink
• Lygisaurus aeratus (Garman, 1901) – large-disced litter-skink
• Lygisaurus curtus (Boulenger, 1897)
• Lygisaurus foliorum De Vis, 1884 – tree-base litter-skink
• Lygisaurus laevis (Oudemans, 1894) – rainforest edge litter-skink
• Lygisaurus macfarlani (Günther, 1877) – translucent litter-skink
• Lygisaurus malleolus (Roberts in Couper et al., 2005) – red-tailed litter-skink
• Lygisaurus novaeguineae (Meyer, 1874)
• Lygisaurus parrhasius (Couper, Covacevich & Lethbridge, 1994) – fire-tailed litter-skink, fire-tailed rainbow-skink
• Lygisaurus rimula Ingram & Covacevich, 1980 – crevice rainbow-skink
• Lygisaurus rococo Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 – Chillagoe litter-skink
• Lygisaurus sesbrauna Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 – Eastern Cape litter-skink
• Lygisaurus tanneri Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 – Endeavour River litter-skink
• Lygisaurus zuma Couper, 1993 – sun-loving litter-skink

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lygisaurus.

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