Lampropholis

2 species

The list of species of Lampropholis genus

Lampropholis is a genus of skinks, commonly known as sunskinks, in the lizard subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The genus Lampropholis was previously found to belong to a clade with the genera Niveoscincus, Leiolopisma and others of the Eugongylus group within Lygosominae. All species of Lampropholis are endemic to Australia. For similar skinks see genera Bassiana, Pseudemoia, and Niveoscincus.

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Common Garden Skink

Lampropholis guichenoti

The Common garden skink (Lampropholis guichenoti) is a small species of lizard native to Australia. The part of its scientific name, guichenoti, is in honor of French zoologist Antoine Alphonse Guichenot.

Lampropholis delicata

Lampropholis delicata, the delicate skink, dark-flecked garden sun skink, garden skink, delicate garden skink, rainbow skink or plague skink, or the metallic skink is native to Australia and invasive in New Zealand and Hawaii where it is commonly...