Lamprolepis
Lamprolepis is a genus of lizards, known commonly as emerald skinks, in the subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae.[1] Lygosoma is its closest genetic relative.[2]
| 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 |
Geographic range
Species of the genus Lamprolepis are found in Indonesia and Malaysia, and on islands in the western Pacific.[3]
Species
Three species are recognized as being valid.[3]
- Lamprolepis leucosticta (L. Müller, 1923) – white-spotted tree skink
- Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii (Lidth de Jeude, 1905) – Nieuwenhuis's skink
- Lamprolepis smaragdina (Lesson, 1826) – emerald tree skink, green tree skink
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.
- Charles W. Linkem, Rafe M. Brown, Cameron D. Siler, Ben J. Evans, Christopher C. Austin, Djoko T. Iskandar, Arvin C. Diesmos, Jatna Supriatna, Noviar Andayani and Jimmy A. McGuire. "Stochastic faunal exchanges drive diversification in widespread Wallacean and Pacific island lizards (Squamata: Scincidae: Lamprolepis smaragdina)", Journal of Biogeography (40): 507–520, 2013, doi:10.1111/jbi.12022
- Genus Lamprolepis at 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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