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Lampropholis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Sauria (unranked)

Family
  
Scincidae

Scientific name
  
Lampropholis

Higher classification
  
Skink

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Infraorder
  
Scincomorpha

Subfamily
  
Lygosominae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Lampropholis delicata, Common garden skink

Lampropholis, the Indo-Australian ground skinks or sunskinks, are a genus of skinks in the lizard subfamily Lygosominae. The genus Lampropholis belongs to a clade with the genera Niveoscincus, Leiolopisma and possibly others of the Eugongylus group. They are found mainly in Indonesia and Australia. For similar skinks see genera Bassiana, Pseudemoia, and Niveoscincus.

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Species

The following 14 species are recognized.

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  • Lampropholis adonis Ingram, 1991 – diamond-shielded sunskink
  • Lampropholis amicula (Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981) – friendly sunskink
  • Lampropholis caligula (Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981) – montane sunskink
  • Lampropholis coggeri Ingram, 1991 – rainforest sunskink
  • Lampropholis colossus Ingram, 1991 – Bunya sunskink, greater litter skink
  • Lampropholis couperi Ingram, 1991 – plain-backed sunskink
  • Lampropholis delicata (De Vis, 1888) – delicate skink, rainbow skink, garden skink, delicate grass skink
  • Lampropholis elongata Greer, 1997
  • Lampropholis guichenoti (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – common garden skink, pale-flecked garden sunskink, grass skink, Guichenot's grass skink
  • Lampropholis longleyi Wells & Wellington, 1985 – Longley's grass skink
  • Lampropholis lunneyi Wells & Wellington, 1984 – Lunney’s litter skink
  • Lampropholis mirabilis Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981 – saxicoline sunskink
  • Lampropholis robertsi Ingram, 1991 – grey-bellied sunskink
  • Lampropholis swani Wells & Wellington, 1985 – Swan’s litter skink

    • Lampropholis Lampropholis guichenoti The Reptile Database

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    References

    Lampropholis Wikipedia
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