Anomalopus

Taxobox
name = "Anomalopus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia (paraphyletic)
unranked_ordo = Sauria
ordo = Squamata (paraphyletic)
infraordo = Scincomorpha
familia = Scincidae
subfamilia = Lygosominae
genus = "Anomalopus"
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =8, see text.

"Anomalopus" is the genus of worm-skinks, smallish smooth-scaled burrowing skinks (family Scincidae) from the eastern half of Australia. It belongs to a clade in the "Sphenomorphus" group which contains such genera as "Ctenotus" and the close relatives "Eulamprus" and "Gnypetoscincus" (Austin & Arnold 2006).

pecies

*"Anomalopus brevicollis" , Short-necked Worm-skink (NE Australia)
*"Anomalopus gowi" , Speckled Worm-skink (NE Australia)
*"Anomalopus lentiginosus", Common Worm-skink
*"Anomalopus leuckartii" , Two-clawed Worm-skink (eastern Australia)
*"Anomalopus mackayi", Five-clawed worm-skink (eastern Australia)
*"Anomalopus pluto" , Cape York Worm-skink (NE Australia)
*"Anomalopus swansoni" , Punctate Worm-skink (east coastal Australia)
*"Anomalopus verreauxi" , Three-clawed Worm-skink

References

* (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)

External links

* [http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/abrs/fauna/details.pl?pstrVol=REPTILIA;pstrTaxa=311;pstrChecklistMode=1 Worm skinks]