Eremiascincus

Updated on Jan 12, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Infraorder Scincomorpha Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles		Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Lacertilia or Sauria Family Scincidae Rank Genus

Similar Glaphyromorphus, Morethia, Menetia, Ctenotus, Earless skink

Eremiascincus is a genus of skinks endemic to Australia, Indonesia and East Timor.

Species

The genus contains the following 14 valid species, listed alphabetically by specific name.

Eremiascincus antoniorum (M.A. Smith, 1927)

Eremiascincus brongersmai (Storr, 1972) – brown-sided bar-lipped skink

Eremiascincus butlerorum (Aplin, How & Boeadi, 1993)

Eremiascincus douglasi (Storr, 1967) – orange-sided bar-lipped skink

Eremiascincus emigrans (Lidth de Jeude, 1895)

Eremiascincus fasciolatus (Günther, 1867) – narrow-banded sand-swimmer

Eremiascincus intermedius (Sternfeld, 1919)

Eremiascincus isolepis (Boulenger, 1887) – northern bar-lipped skink

Eremiascincus musivus Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2009 – mosaic desert skink

Eremiascincus pallidus (Günther, 1875)

Eremiascincus pardalis (Macleay, 1877) – lowlands bar-lipped skink

Eremiascincus phantasmus Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2013

Eremiascincus richardsonii (Gray, 1845) – broad-banded sand-swimmer

Eremiascincus timorensis (Greer, 1990)

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

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