Lamprolepis

{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Lamprolepis

| image = Lamprolepis cf. smaragdina.jpg

| image_caption = Lamprolepis smaragdina

| taxon = Lamprolepis

| authority = Fitzinger, 1843

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

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Lamprolepis is a genus of lizards, known commonly as emerald skinks, in the subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae.{{cite book|author=Wrobel, Murray|title =Elsevier's Dictionary of Reptiles: in Latin, English, German, French and Italian|publisher =Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. 758 pp. (Lamprolepis, p. 265)|year =2004|isbn =978-0-444-51499-8|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=flNRoNKHq80C&q=lamprolepis&pg=PA265}} Lygosoma is its closest genetic relative.Charles W. Linkem, Rafe M. Brown, Cameron D. Siler, Ben J. Evans, Christopher C. Austin, Djoko T. Iskandar, Arvin C. Diesmos, Jatna Supriatna, Noviar Andayani and Jimmy A. McGuire. {{citation|title=Stochastic faunal exchanges drive diversification in widespread Wallacean and Pacific island lizards (Squamata: Scincidae: Lamprolepis smaragdina)|date=2013|journal=Journal of Biogeography|issue=3|pages=507–520|doi=10.1111/jbi.12022|last1=Linkem|first1=Charles W.|last2=Brown|first2=Rafe M.|last3=Siler|first3=Cameron D.|last4=Evans|first4=Ben J.|last5=Austin|first5=Christopher C.|last6=Iskandar|first6=Djoko T.|last7=Diesmos|first7=Arvin C.|last8=Supriatna|first8=Jatna|last9=Andayani|first9=Noviar|last10=McGuire|first10=Jimmy A.|volume=40|bibcode=2013JBiog..40..507L |s2cid=12639054 }}