genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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lizard
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 alt ...
s, commonly known as water skinks, in the
subfamily
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family
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Australia
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Taxonomy
The genus ''Eulamprus'' belongs to a
clade
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genera
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 nomenclat ...
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Ctenotus
''Ctenotus'' is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). The genus belongs to a clade in the ''Sphenomorphus'' group which contains such genera as '' Anomalopus'' and the close relatives '' Eulamprus'' and '' Gnypetoscincus''.
Lizards in the genus ...
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Anomalopus
''Anomalopus'' is a genus of worm-skinks, smallish smooth-scaled burrowing lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to the eastern half of Australia. The genus belongs to a clade in the ''Sphenomorphus'' group which contains such ge ...
''. The molecular phylogenetic studies of O'Connor and Moritz (2003) and Skinner et al. (2013) found that species assigned to ''Eulamprus'' comprised four independent lineages within the Australian ''Sphenomorphus'' group and did not form a clade. The genus ''Eulamprus'' was restricted to the water skinks, with other species assigned to '' Concinnia'' (including species formerly in the
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
Silvascincus
''Silvascincus'' is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. Both species in the genus are endemic to Australia. They were previously placed in the genus '' Eulamprus''.
Species
The following two species, listed alphabetically by sp ...
The following five species are recognized as being valid.''Eulamprus'' The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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Eulamprus heatwolei
The warm-temperate water-skink, Heatwole's water skink or yellow-bellied water skink (''Eulamprus heatwolei'') is a species of skink found in New South Wales and Victoria
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Wells
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, 1983 – warm-temperate water-skink, Heatwole's water skink
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Eulamprus kosciuskoi
The alpine meadow-skink or alpine water skink (''Eulamprus kosciuskoi'') is a species of skink found in New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria
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Kinghorn
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, 1932 – alpine meadow-skink, alpine water skink
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Eulamprus leuraensis
The Blue Mountains water skink or Blue Mountains swamp-skink (''Eulamprus leuraensis'') is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. An endangered species, it is found only in restricted parts of the mountains of southeastern Australia.
Desc ...
'' Wells & Wellington, 1983 – Blue Mountains water skink, Blue Mountain swamp-skink
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Eulamprus quoyii
''Eulamprus quoyii'', more commonly known as the eastern water skink, eastern water-skink, or golden water skink, is a viviparous species of Diurnality, diurnal skink. ''Eulamprus quoyii'' belongs to the family Scincidae and is considered a commo ...
'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 – golden water skink, eastern water-skink, eastern water skink
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Eulamprus tympanum
''Eulamprus'' is a genus of lizards, commonly known as water skinks, in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the Family (biology), family Scincidae. The genus is native to Australia.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Eulamprus'' belongs to a clade in the ''Sph ...
Andersson
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McDonald
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Concinnia frerei
The stout barsided skink (''Concinnia frerei'') is a species of skink found in Queensland
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Gray
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* (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. (HTML abstract).
* (1843). ''Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae''. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (''Eulamprus'', new genus, p. 22). (in Latin).
* (2008). A replacement name for ''Sphenomorphus keiensis'' (Kopstein, 1926) from the southeastern Moluccas, Indonesia (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) with a redescription of the species. ''
Zoologische Mededelingen
''Zoologische Mededelingen'' was a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal publishing papers and monographs on animal systematics. The publisher was the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis in the Netherlands. The first issue appeared ...