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Lampropholis

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Lampropholis
Lampropholis guichenoti,
common garden skink
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Lampropholis
Fitzinger, 1843
Species

14, see text

Lampropholis is a genus of skinks, commonly known as sunskinks, in the lizard subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae.[1] The genus Lampropholis was previously found to belong to a clade with the genera Niveoscincus, Leiolopisma and others of the Eugongylus group within Lygosominae.[2] All species of Lampropholis are endemic to Australia. For similar skinks see genera Bassiana, Pseudemoia, and Niveoscincus.

Diet

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Sunskinks feed on invertebrates such as crickets, moths, slaters (woodlice), earthworms, and cockroaches.

Species

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The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.[3][4][5]

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

References

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  1. ^ Uetz, P.; et al. (eds.). "Eugongylinae". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. ^ Austin JJ, Arnold EN (2006). "Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract).
  3. ^ Lampropholis. The Reptile Database.
  4. ^ Wilson S, Swan G (2006). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Second Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishing. 512 pp. ISBN 978-1877069468.
  5. ^ Wells RW (2002). "Some Taxonomic Changes to the Genus Lampropholis (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Australia" Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. Australian Biodiversity Record (8): 1-24.

Further reading

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  • Fitzinger (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Lampropholis, new genus, p. 22). (in Latin).