Lissolepis

Lissolepis
	Eastern mourning skink (Lissolepis coventryi)
Scientific classification
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

Lissolepis coventryi (Storr, 1978) – eastern mourning skink
Lissolepis luctuosa (W. Peters, 1866) – western mourning skink, western glossy swamp skink

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

References

Gardner, Michael G.; Hugall, Andrew F.; Donnellan, Stephen C.; Hutchinson, Mark N.; Foster, Ralph (2008). "Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the Egernia group (Reptilia: Scincidae)". Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 154 (4): 781-794. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00422.x (HTML abstract).

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[gardneretal2008-1] Gardner, Michael G.; Hugall, Andrew F.; Donnellan, Stephen C.; Hutchinson, Mark N.; Foster, Ralph (2008). "Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the Egernia group (Reptilia: Scincidae)". Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 154 (4): 781-794. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00422.x (HTML abstract).