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Lygisaurus  De Vis, 1884
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1181643

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyScincidae Oppel, 1811 – Skinks  
                                  SubfamilyEugongylinae Welch, 1982  
                                     GenusLygisaurus De Vis, 1884  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Lygisaurus absconditus (Worthington-Wilmer, Couper, Amey, Zug and Roberts, 2005) – Secretive Litter-skink 
                                        Species Lygisaurus aeratus (Garman, 1901) – Large-disced Litter-skink 
                                        Species Lygisaurus curtus (Boulenger, 1897)  
                                        Species Lygisaurus foliorum De Vis, 1884 – Tree-base Litter-skink, Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Lygisaurus laevis (Oudemans, 1894) – Rainforest Edge Litter-skink, Rainforest Litter-skink 
                                        Species Lygisaurus macfarlani (Günther, 1877) – Translucent Litter-skink 
                                        Species Lygisaurus malleolus (Roberts, Couper, Worthington-Wilmer, Amey and Zug, 2005) – Red-tailed Litter-skink 
                                        Species Lygisaurus novaeguineae (Meyer, 1874)  
                                        Species Lygisaurus parrhasius (Couper, Covacevich and Lethbridge, 1994) – Fire-tailed Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Lygisaurus rimula (Ingram and Covacevich, 1980) – Crevice Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Lygisaurus rococo Ingram and Covacevich, 1988 – Chillagoe Litter-skink 
                                        Species Lygisaurus sesbrauna Ingram and Covacevich, 1988 – Eastern Cape Litter-skink 
                                        Species Lygisaurus tanneri Ingram and Covacevich, 1988 – Endeavour River Litter-skink 
                                        Species Lygisaurus zuma Couper, 1993 – Sun-loving Litter-skink 
       

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  Source: Reptile Database (Mar 2022), website (version Mar-2022)  
  Acquired: 2002   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2022) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 9 May 2022   
  Reference for: Lygisaurus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Applegarth, J. S.  
  Publication Date: 1983   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Index to the Genera of Reptilia - A Device to Assist Curators. Sauria (Lacertilia and Amphisbaenia), Third Edition   
  Page(s): 54   
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