Lygisaurus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
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: Eugongylinae
Genus: Lygisaurus
Species (14): L. abscondita – L. aeratus – L. curtus – L. foliorum – L. laevis – L. macfarlani – L. malleolus – L. novaeguineae – L. parrhasius – L. rimula – L. rococo – L. sesbrauna – L. tanneri – L. zuma
Name

Lygisaurus De Vis, 1884: 77

Type species: Lygisaurus foliorum De Vis, 1884, by monotypy.

References
Primary references

De Vis, C.W. 1884. New Queensland lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 77–78. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Ingram, G. & Covacevich, J. 1988. Revision of the genus Lygisaurus De Vis (Scincidae : Reptilia). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25(2): 335–354. BHL Reference page.
Dolman, G. & Hugall, A.F. 2008. Combined mitochondrial and nuclear data enhance resolution of a rapid radiation of Australian rainbow skinks (Scincidae: Carlia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49(3): 782–794. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.021 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Lygisaurus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 April 2020.

Vernacular names
English: Australian-Papuan Leaf-litter Skinks

Lygisaurus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae.

Geographic range

Species of Lygisaurus are found in Australia and New Guinea.[2]
Species

The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Lygisaurus absconditus (Worthington Wilmer in Couper et al., 2005) - Mt. Surprise litter-skink
Lygisaurus aeratus (Garman, 1901) - large-disced litter-skink
Lygisaurus curtus (Boulenger, 1897)
Lygisaurus foliorum De Vis, 1884 - tree-base litter-skink
Lygisaurus laevis (Oudemans, 1894) - rainforest edge litter-skink
Lygisaurus macfarlani (Günther, 1877) - translucent litter-skink
Lygisaurus malleolus (Roberts in Couper et al., 2005) - red-tailed litter-skink
Lygisaurus novaeguineae (Meyer, 1874)
Lygisaurus parrhasius (Couper, Covacevich & Lethbridge, 1994) - fire-tailed rainbow-skink
Lygisaurus rimula Ingram & Covacevich, 1980 - crevice rainbow-skink
Lygisaurus rococo Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 - Chillagoe litter-skink
Lygisaurus sesbrauna Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 - Eastern Cape litter-skink
Lygisaurus tanneri Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 - Endeavour River litter-skink
Lygisaurus zuma 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

"Lygisaurus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae.

Genus Lygisaurus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.