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in the genus ''Glaphyromorphus'' are found in

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Species

The following 12 species are recognized: *''

Glaphyromorphus arnhemicus ''Glaphyromorphus arnhemicus'' is a species of skink found in the Northern Territory The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territo ...

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Glaphyromorphus clandestinus The Mount Elliot mulch-skink (''Glaphyromorphus clandestinus'') is a species of skink found in Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the se ...

'' Hoskin & Couper, 2004 – Mount Elliot mulch-skink *''

Glaphyromorphus cracens The slender mulch-skink (''Glaphyromorphus cracens'') is a species of skink found in Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-large ...

'' ( Greer, 1985) – slender mulch-skink *''

Glaphyromorphus crassicauda The Cape York mulch-skink (''Glaphyromorphus crassicauda'') is a species of skink found in Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second ...

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Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis ''Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis'', also known Common name, commonly as Darwin's ground skink and the northern mulch-skink, is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Scincidae. The species is Endemism, endemic to Australia. Etymology ...

'' ( Storr, 1967) – Darwin's ground skink, northern mulch-skink *''

Glaphyromorphus fuscicaudis The brown-tailed bar-lipped skink or grey-tailed skink (''Glaphyromorphus fuscicaudis'') is a species of skink found in Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern ...

'' (Greer, 1979) – brown-tailed bar-lipped skink, grey-tailed skink *''

Glaphyromorphus mjobergi The Atherton Tableland skink (''Glaphyromorphus mjobergi'') is a species of skink found in Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second ...

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Andersson Andersson is a Swedish language surname, a form of the surname Anderson. ''Andersson'' is, if several spelling variants are included, the most common surname in Sweden.Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis The black-tailed bar-lipped skink (''Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis'') is a species of skink found in Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a count ...

'' ( Macleay, 1877) – black-tailed bar-lipped skink *''

Glaphyromorphus nyanchupinta The McIlwraith bar-lipped skink (''Glaphyromorphus nyanchupinta'') is a species of skink found in Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the ...

'' – McIlwraith bar-lipped skink *''

Glaphyromorphus othelarrni The Cape Melville bar-lipped skink (''Glaphyromorphus othelarrni'') is a species of skink in the genus ''Glaphyromorphus''found, found in Queensland in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country compris ...

'' – Cape Melville bar-lipped skink *''

Glaphyromorphus pumilus The dwarf mulch-skink (''Glaphyromorphus pumilus'') is a species of skink found in Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest ...

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, 1887) – dwarf mulch-skink *'' Glaphyromorphus punctulatus'' ( W. Peters, 1871) – fine-spotted mulch-skink ''

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

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