Eulamprus

Taxobox
name = "Eulamprus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia (paraphyletic)
unranked_ordo = Sauria
ordo = Squamata (paraphyletic)
infraordo = Scincomorpha
familia = Scincidae
subfamilia = Lygosominae
genus = "Eulamprus"
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =15, see text.

"Eulamprus" is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). It belongs to a clade in the "Sphenomorphus" group which contains such genera as "Ctenotus" and "Anomalopus". Even closer related to "Eulamprus" than these two seems the Prickly Skink ("Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae").(Austin & Arnold 2006)

pecies

*"Eulamprus amplus"
*"Eulamprus brachyosoma"
*"Eulamprus frerei"
*"Eulamprus heatwolei"
*"Eulamprus kosciuskoi"
*"Eulamprus leuraensis", Blue Mountain Water Skink
*"Eulamprus luteilateralis"
*"Eulamprus martini"
*"Eulamprus murrayi"
*"Eulamprus quoyii"
*"Eulamprus sokosoma"
*"Eulamprus tenuis"
*"Eulamprus tigrinus"
*"Eulamprus tryoni"
*"Eulamprus tympanum", Southern Water 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)