Glaphyromorphus

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Kingdom Animalia Suborder Sauria Family Scincidae Scientific name Glaphyromorphus Higher classification Sphenomorphinae Order Scaled reptiles		Subphylum Vertebrata Infraorder Scincomorpha Subfamily Sphenomorphinae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus

Similar Skink, Lygisaurus, Eremiascincus, Reptile, Anomalopus

Glaphyromorphus is a genus of lizards in the skink family (Scincidae).

Geographic range

Species in the genus Glaphyromorphus are found in Australia and New Guinea.

The following 11 species are recognized:

Glaphyromorphus clandestinus Hoskin & Couper, 2004

Glaphyromorphus cracens (Greer, 1985)

Glaphyromorphus crassicaudus (A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)

Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis (Storr, 1967)

Glaphyromorphus fuscicaudis (Greer, 1979)

Glaphyromorphus mjobergi (Lönnberg & Andersson, 1915)

Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis (Macleay, 1877)

Glaphyromorphus nyanchupinta Hoskins & Couper, 2014

Glaphyromorphus othelarrni Hoskins & Couper, 2014

Glaphyromorphus pumilus (Boulenger, 1887)

Glaphyromorphus punctulatus (W. Peters, 1871)

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

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