Lissolepis
Genus of lizards
Lissolepis | |
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Eastern mourning skink (Lissolepis coventryi) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Subfamily: | Egerniinae |
Genus: | Lissolepis Peters, 1872 |
Species | |
2 species (see text) |
Lissolepis is a genus of mid-sized skinks (adult snout-vent length 100–130 mm) with a bulky angular body and small eyes. 20–28 rows of midbody scales; dorsal scales smooth. The nasal scale has a postnarial groove; the subocular scale row is complete. Eyelids similar in colour to the adjacent scales.[1] They were previously placed in the genus Egernia.
Species
Image | Name | Distribution |
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![]() | Lissolepis coventryi (Storr, 1978) – eastern mourning skink | South Australia, Victoria, and possibly New South Wales. |
Lissolepis luctuosa (W. Peters, 1866) – western mourning skink, western glossy swamp skink | Western Australia |
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lissolepis.
References
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