Biology:Lampropholis

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Short description: Genus of lizards


Lampropholis
Pale Flecked Garden Sunskink.jpg
Lampropholis guichenoti,
common garden skink
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Lampropholis
Fitzinger, 1843
Species

14, see text

Lampropholis is a genus of skinks, commonly known as sunskinks, in the lizard subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae.[1] The genus Lampropholis was previously found to belong to a clade with the genera Niveoscincus, Leiolopisma and others of the Eugongylus group within Lygosominae.[2] All species of Lampropholis are endemic to Australia . For similar skinks see genera Bassiana, Pseudemoia, and Niveoscincus.

Diet

Sunskinks feed on invertebrates such as crickets, moths, slaters (woodlice), earthworms, and cockroaches.

Species

The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.[3][4][5]

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

References

  1. Uetz, P.; Freed, P.; Hošek, J., eds. "Eugongylinae". http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?taxon=Eugongylinae&exact%5B0%5D=taxon&submit=search. 
  2. Austin JJ, Arnold EN (2006). "Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract).
  3. Lampropholis. The Reptile Database.
  4. Wilson S, Swan G (2006). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Second Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishing. 512 pp. ISBN:978-1877069468.
  5. Wells RW (2002). "Some Taxonomic Changes to the Genus Lampropholis (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Australia" . Australian Biodiversity Record (8): 1-24.

Further reading

  • Fitzinger (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Lampropholis, new genus, p. 22). (in Latin).


Wikidata ☰ Q2068289 entry