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Saproscincus
Sign in to saveSaproscincus is a genus of lizards, commonly referred to as shadeskinks or shade-skinks, in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Australia.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Saproscincus is referenced by 16 other articles, and connects out to Scincidae, Australia and Animalia.
It sits within the topics Lizard genera, Saproscincus and Skinks of Australia.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyScincidae
Multimedia w Wikimedia Commons Saproscincus – rodzaj jaszczurki z podrodziny Eugongylinae w rodzinie scynkowatych (Scincidae). Zasięg występowania Rodzaj obejmuje gatunki występujące w Australii (Queensland, Wiktoria i Nowa Południowa Walia)[2]. Systematyka Etymologia Saproscincus: łac. sapro- „zgniły”, od gr. σαπρος sapros „zgniły, spróchniały, zbutwiały”; scincus „rodzaj jaszczurki, scynk”[1]. Podział systematyczny Do rodzaju należą następujące gatunki[2]: Saproscincus basiliscus Saproscincus challengeri Saproscincus czechurai Saproscincus eungellensis Saproscincus hannahae Saproscincus lewisi Saproscincus mustelinus Saproscincus oriarus Saproscincus rosei Saproscincus saltus Saproscincus spectabilis Saproscincus tetradactylus Przypisy ↑ a b R.W. Wells & C.R. Wellington. A synopsis of the class Reptilia in Australia. „Australian Journal of Herpetology”. 1 (3–4), s. 102, 1983 (ang.). ↑ a b P. Uetz & J. Hallermann: Genus: Saproscincus (ang.). The Reptile Database. [dostęp 2019-01-20].
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 131
- Family
- Scincidae
- Collections
- YPM, USNM, AM
- Recorded in
- Australia
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- Parent taxon
- Lygosominae
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- endemic to
- Australia
- taxon author citation
- Wells & Wellington, 1984
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Saproscincus is a genus of lizards, commonly referred to as shadeskinks or shade-skinks, in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Australia.
==Species== The genus Saproscincus contains the following 12 species. 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 shade-skink 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
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