Lygisaurus
{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Lygisaurus
| taxon = Lygisaurus
| authority = De Vis, 1884"Lygisaurus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae.
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Lygisaurus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae.
Geographic range
Species of Lygisaurus are found in Australia and New Guinea.
Species
The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.{{EMBL genus|genus=Lygisaurus}}. www.reptile-database.org.
- Lygisaurus absconditus {{small|(Worthington Wilmer in Couper et al., 2005)}} - Mt. Surprise litter-skink
- Lygisaurus aeratus {{small|(Garman, 1901)}} - large-disced litter-skink
- Lygisaurus curtus {{small|(Boulenger, 1897)}}
- Lygisaurus foliorum {{small|De Vis, 1884}} - tree-base litter-skink
- Lygisaurus laevis {{small|(Oudemans, 1894)}} - rainforest edge litter-skink
- Lygisaurus macfarlani {{small|(Günther, 1877)}} - translucent litter-skink
- Lygisaurus malleolus {{small|(Roberts in Couper et al., 2005)}} - red-tailed litter-skink
- Lygisaurus novaeguineae {{small|(Meyer, 1874)}}
- Lygisaurus parrhasius {{small|(Couper, Covacevich & Lethbridge, 1994)}} - fire-tailed rainbow-skink
- Lygisaurus rimula {{small|Ingram & Covacevich, 1980}} - crevice rainbow-skink
- Lygisaurus rococo {{small|Ingram & Covacevich, 1988}} - Chillagoe litter-skink
- Lygisaurus sesbrauna {{small|Ingram & Covacevich, 1988}} - Eastern Cape litter-skink
- Lygisaurus tanneri {{small|Ingram & Covacevich, 1988}} - Endeavour River litter-skink
- Lygisaurus zuma {{small|Couper, 1993}} - sun-loving litter-skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lygisaurus.
References
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Further reading
- De Vis CW (1884). "New Queensland Lizards". Proc. Royal Soc. Queensland 1: 77–78. (Lygisaurus, new genus, p. 77).
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Category:Taxa named by Charles Walter De Vis
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