Lamprolepis is a genus of lizards, known commonly as emerald skinks, in the subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae.[1] Lygosoma is its closest genetic relative.[2]

Lamprolepis
Lamprolepis smaragdina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Lygosominae
Genus: Lamprolepis
Fitzinger, 1843

Geographic range

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Species of the genus Lamprolepis are found in Indonesia and Malaysia, and on islands in the western Pacific.[3]

Species

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Today, three species are recognized as being valid.[3]

The two Phantom Skink species, Tristiidon Lunata and Tristiidon Sol Were once classed here, but now has its own Genus.

Image Scientific Name Common Name Distribution
Lamprolepis leucosticta (L. Müller, 1923) white-spotted tree skink West Java, Indonesia.
Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii (Lidth de Jeude, 1905) Nieuwenhuis's skink Borneo
  Lamprolepis smaragdina (Lesson, 1826) emerald tree skink, green tree skink Taiwan, Palawan, Luzon and Sulu archipelagoes in the Philippines, New Guinea

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

References

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  1. ^ Wrobel, Murray (2004). Elsevier's Dictionary of Reptiles: in Latin, English, German, French and Italian. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. 758 pp. (Lamprolepis, p. 265). ISBN 978-0-444-51499-8.
  2. ^ Charles W. Linkem, Rafe M. Brown, Cameron D. Siler, Ben J. Evans, Christopher C. Austin, Djoko T. Iskandar, Arvin C. Diesmos, Jatna Supriatna, Noviar Andayani and Jimmy A. McGuire. Linkem, Charles W.; Brown, Rafe M.; Siler, Cameron D.; Evans, Ben J.; Austin, Christopher C.; Iskandar, Djoko T.; Diesmos, Arvin C.; Supriatna, Jatna; Andayani, Noviar; McGuire, Jimmy A. (2013), "Stochastic faunal exchanges drive diversification in widespread Wallacean and Pacific island lizards (Squamata: Scincidae: Lamprolepis smaragdina)", Journal of Biogeography, 40 (3): 507–520, Bibcode:2013JBiog..40..507L, doi:10.1111/jbi.12022, S2CID 12639054
  3. ^ a b Genus Lamprolepis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

dices. (Lamprolepis, new genus, p. 22). (in Latin).