Eremiascincus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Eremiascincus
Species (15): E. antoniorum – E. brongersmai – E. butlerorum – E. douglasi – E. emigrans – E. fasciolatus – E. intermedius – E. isolepis – E. musivus – E. pallidus – E. pardalis – E. phantasmus – E. richardsonii – E. rubiginosus – E. timorensis
Name

Eremiascincus Greer, 1979: 323

Type species: Hinulia richardsonii Gray, 1845, by original designation.

References
Primary references

Greer, A.E. 1979. Eremiascincus, a new generic name for some Australian sand swimming skinks (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Australian Museum 32(7): 321–338. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.32.1979.458

Additional references

Mecke, S., Doughty, P. & Donnellan, S.C. 2009. A new species of Eremiascincus (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from the Great Sandy Desert and Pilbara Coast, Western Australia and reassignment of eight species from Glaphyromorphus to Eremiascincus. Zootaxa 2246(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2246.1.1 Open access Reference page.
Mecke, S., Doughty, P. & Donnellan, S.C. 2013. Redescription of Eremiascincus fasciolatus (Günther, 1867) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) with clarification of its synonyms and the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3701(5): 473–517. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.5.1 Open access Reference page.
Mecke, S. & Doughty, P. 2018. A new species of Eremiascincus (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Vertebrate Zoology 68(1): 27–37. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Eremiascincus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 April 2018.

Eremiascincus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Australia, Indonesia, and East Timor.[2]
Species

The genus contains the following 15 valid species, listed alphabetically by specific name.[2]

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, thick-tailed skink
Eremiascincus intermedius (Sternfeld, 1919) – northern narrow–banded skink
Eremiascincus isolepis (Boulenger, 1887) – northern bar-lipped skink, short-legged slender skink
Eremiascincus musivus Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2009 – mosaic desert skink
Eremiascincus pallidus (Günther, 1875) – western sand-swimming skink, western narrow-banded skink
Eremiascincus pardalis (Macleay, 1877) – lowlands bar-lipped skink
Eremiascincus phantasmus Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2013 – ghost skink
Eremiascincus richardsonii (Gray, 1845) – broad-banded sand-swimmer, Richardson's skink
Eremiascincus rubiginosus Mecke & Doughty, 2018 – rusty skink
Eremiascincus timorensis (Greer, 1990)

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

Mecke, Sven; Doughty, Paul; Donnellan, Stephen C. (2009). "A new species of Eremiascincus (Reptilia; Squamata: Scincidae) from the Great Sandy Desert and Pilbara Coast, Western Australia and reassignment of eight species from Glaphyromorphus to Eremiascincus ". Zootaxa 2246: 1-20.

"Eremiascincus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.