Acritoscincus
Genus of lizards
Acritoscincus | |
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Eastern three-lined skink (Acritoscincus duperreyi) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Subfamily: | Eugongylinae |
Genus: | Acritoscincus Wells & Wellington, 1985[1] |
Type species | |
Lygosoma duperreyi Gray, 1838 | |
Species | |
3, see text |
Acritoscincus is a genus of Australian skinks (family Scincidae). It belongs to the Eugongylus group; the genus Oligosoma appears to be a fairly close relative.[2] An alternative name is Bassiana.
Species
- Acritoscincus duperreyi (Gray, 1838) -- eastern three-lined skink, bold-striped cool-skink
- Acritoscincus platynotus (Peters, 1881) -- red-throated cool-skink, red-throated skink
- Acritoscincus trilineatus (Gray, 1838) -- southwestern cool-skink, western three-lined skink, New Holland skink
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References
- ^ Acritoscincus Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [22] [replacement name]
- ^ doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)
- ^ Acritoscincus, Reptile Database
- ^ Wilson S, Swan G. A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia. Second edition. Sydney:New Holland Publ., 2003
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