Saproscincus

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: Saproscincus
Species (12): S. basiliscus – S. challengeri – S. czechurai – S. eungellensis – S. hannahae – S. lewisi – S. mustelinus – S. oriarus – S. rosei – S. saltus – S. spectabilis – S. tetradactylus
Name

Saproscincus Wells & Wellington, 1984: 102

Type species: Mocoa mustelina O'Shaughnessy, 1874, 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

Sadlier, R.A., Couper, P.J., Colgan, D.J., Vanderduys, E. & Rickard, E. 2005. A new species of scincid lizard, Saproscincus eungellensis, from mid-eastern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 51(2): 559–571. BHL Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Saproscincus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 March 2020.

Saproscincus is a genus of skinks native to Australia, sometimes referred to as shadeskinks. It contains the following species:[1][2]

Saproscincus basiliscus (Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981) - pale-lipped shadeskink
Saproscincus challengeri (Boulenger, 1887) - orange-tailed shadeskink, Border Ranges shadeskink, Challenger's skink
Saproscincus czechurai (Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981) - wedge-snouted shadeskink, Czechuras litter-skink
Saproscincus eungellensis Sadlier et al., 2005 - Eungella shadeskink
Saproscincus hannahae Couper & Keim, 1998 - Hannah's shadeskink
Saproscincus lewisi Couper & Keim, 1998 - Northern Wet Tropics shadeskink, Cooktown shadeskink
Saproscincus mustelinus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) - southern weasel skink, weasel shadeskink
Saproscincus oriarius Sadlier, 1998
Saproscincus rosei Wells & Wellington, 1985 - orange-tailed shadeskink, highland forest skink
Saproscincus saltus Hoskin, 2013 - Cape Melville shadeskink
Saproscincus spectabilis (De Vis, 1888) - gully shadeskink
Saproscincus tetradactylus (Greer & Kluge, 1980) - four-fingered shadeskink, four-toed litter-skink

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

"Saproscincus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved October 29, 2013.

Hoskin, Conrad J. (2013). "A new skink (Scincidae: Saproscincus) from rocky rainforest habitat on Cape Melville, north-east Australia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3722 (3): 385–395. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3722.3.7. PMID 26171534.