Saproscincus is a genus of lizards, commonly referred to as shadeskinks or shade-skinks, in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Australia.[1]
Species
The genus Saproscincus contains the following 12 species.[1][2]
- Saproscincus basiliscus (Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981) – pale-lipped shadeskink
- Saproscincus challengeri (Boulenger, 1887) – orange-tailed shadeskink, Border Ranges shadeskink, Challenger's skink
- Saproscincus czechurai (Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981) – wedge-snouted shadeskink, Czechuras litter-skink
- Saproscincus eungellensis Sadlier et al., 2005 – Eungella shadeskink
- Saproscincus hannahae Couper & Keim, 1998 – Hannah's shadeskink
- Saproscincus lewisi Couper & Keim, 1998 – northern wet tropics shadeskink, Cooktown shade-skink
- Saproscincus mustelinus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – southern weasel skink, weasel shadeskink
- Saproscincus oriarius Sadlier, 1998
- Saproscincus rosei Wells & Wellington, 1985 – orange-tailed shadeskink, highland forest skink
- Saproscincus saltus Hoskin, 2013 – Cape Melville shadeskink
- Saproscincus spectabilis (De Vis, 1888) – gully shadeskink
- Saproscincus tetradactylus (Greer & Kluge, 1980) – four-fingered shadeskink, four-toed litter-skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Saproscincus.
References
- ^ a b "Saproscincus ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- ^ Hoskin, Conrad J. (2013). "A new skink (Scincidae: Saproscincus) from rocky rainforest habitat on Cape Melville, north-east Australia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3722 (3): 385–395. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3722.3.7. PMID 26171534.
Further reading
- Wells, Richard W.; Wellington, C. Ross (1983). "A Synopsis of the Class Reptilia in Australia". Australian Journal of Herpetology 1 (3–4): 73–129. (Saproscincus, new genus, p. 102).
External links
Data related to Saproscincus at Wikispecies
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