Genus of lizards
Glaphyromorphus is a genus of lizards in the skink family (Scincidae ).[ 2]
Geographic range
Species in the genus Glaphyromorphus are found in Australia and New Guinea .[ 3]
Species
The following 12 species are recognized:[ 3] [ 1]
Glaphyromorphus arnhemicus (Storr , 1967)
Glaphyromorphus clandestinus Hoskin & Couper , 2004 – Mount Elliot mulch-skink
Glaphyromorphus cracens (Greer , 1985) – slender mulch-skink
Glaphyromorphus crassicauda (A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril , 1851) – Cape York mulch-skink
Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis (Storr , 1967) – Darwin's ground skink, northern mulch-skink
Glaphyromorphus fuscicaudis (Greer, 1979) – brown-tailed bar-lipped skink, grey-tailed skink
Glaphyromorphus mjobergi (Lönnberg & Andersson , 1915) – Atherton Tableland skink
Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis (Macleay , 1877) – black-tailed bar-lipped skink
Glaphyromorphus nyanchupinta Hoskin & Couper, 2014 – McIlwraith bar-lipped skink
Glaphyromorphus othelarrni Hoskin & Couper, 2014 – Cape Melville bar-lipped skink
Glaphyromorphus pumilus (Boulenger , 1887) – dwarf mulch-skink
Glaphyromorphus punctulatus (W. Peters , 1871) – fine-spotted mulch-skink
Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Glaphyromorphus .
References
^ a b "Glaphyromorphus ". Dahms Tierleben . www.dahmstierleben.de.
^ "Glaphyromorphus ". Wikispecies. species.wikimedia.org.
^ a b Genus Glaphyromorphus at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition . Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350 .
Wells RW, Wellington CR (1984) ("1983"). "A Synopsis of the Class Reptilia in Australia". Australian Journal of Herpetology 1 (3-4): 73–129. (Glaphyromorphus , new genus, p. 95).
Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition . Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280 .