''Silvascincus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

skink Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. S ...

lizards Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia a ...

in the

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Scincidae. Both species in the genus are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to Australia. They were previously placed in the genus ''

Eulamprus ''Eulamprus'' is a genus of lizards, commonly known as water skinks, in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The genus is native to Australia. Taxonomy The genus ''Eulamprus'' belongs to a clade in the ''Sphenomorphus'' ...

''.

Species

The following two

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, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid: *''

Silvascincus murrayi The blue-speckled forest-skink (''Silvascincus murrayi'') is a species of skink found in Queensland and New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in Austra ...

'' – blue-speckled forest-skink *''

Silvascincus tryoni ''Silvascincus tryoni'', the Border Ranges blue-spectacled skink or forest skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to the McPherson Range bordering New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Etymology The specific ...

'' – Border Ranges blue-spectacled skink, forest skink ''

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'': A

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Silvascincus''.

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Silvascincus Lizard genera Skinks of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Taxa named by Adam Skinner Taxa named by Mark Norman Hutchinson Taxa named by Michael S. Y. Lee {{Sphenomorphinae-stub