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: Glaphyromorphus
Species (11): G. clandestinus – G. cracens – G. crassicaudus – G. darwiniensis – G. fuscicaudis – G. mjobergi – G. nigricaudis – G. nyanchupinta – G. othelarrni – G. pumilus – G. punctulatus
Name
Glaphyromorphus Wells & Wellington, 1984: 95
Type species: Lygosoma (Lygosoma) punctulatum Peters, 1871, by original designation.
References
Primary references
Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. [1983] 1984. A synopsis of the class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1(3–4): 73–129. Reference page.
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: 1–20. Abstract & excerpt PDF
Hoskin, C.J. & Couper, P.J. 2014. Two new skinks (Scincidae: Glaphyromorphus) from rainforest habitats in north-eastern Australia. Zootaxa 3869(1): 1–16. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.1.1 Open access Reference page.
Links
Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Glaphyromorphus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 May 2020.
Glaphyromorphus is a genus of lizards in the skink family (Scincidae).[2]
Geographic range
Species in the genus Glaphyromorphus are found in Australia and New Guinea.[3]
Species
The following 12 species are recognized:[3][1]
Glaphyromorphus arnhemicus (Storr, 1967)
Glaphyromorphus clandestinus Hoskin & Couper, 2004 – Mount Elliot mulch-skink
Glaphyromorphus cracens (Greer, 1985) – slender mulch-skink
Glaphyromorphus crassicauda (A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – Cape York mulch-skink
Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis (Storr, 1967) – Darwin's ground skink, northern mulch-skink
Glaphyromorphus fuscicaudis (Greer, 1979) – brown-tailed bar-lipped skink, grey-tailed skink
Glaphyromorphus mjobergi (Lönnberg & Andersson, 1915) – Atherton Tableland skink
Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis (Macleay, 1877) – black-tailed bar-lipped skink
Glaphyromorphus nyanchupinta Hoskin & Couper, 2014 – McIlwraith bar-lipped skink
Glaphyromorphus othelarrni Hoskin & Couper, 2014 – Cape Melville bar-lipped skink
Glaphyromorphus pumilus (Boulenger, 1887) – dwarf mulch-skink
Glaphyromorphus punctulatus (W. Peters, 1871) – fine-spotted mulch-skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Glaphyromorphus.
References
"Glaphyromorphus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
"Glaphyromorphus ". Wikispecies. species.wikimedia.org.
Genus Glaphyromorphus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
Wells RW, Wellington CR (1984) ("1983"). "A Synopsis of the Class Reptilia in Australia". Australian Journal of Herpetology 1 (3-4): 73–129. (Glaphyromorphus, new genus, p. 95).
Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
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