'' Notoscincus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
skink
Skinks are a type of lizard belonging to the family (biology), family Scincidae, a family in the Taxonomic rank, infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one o ...
s. They are commonly known as soil-crevice skinks or snake-eyed skinks.
Species
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Notoscincus butleri
''Notoscincus butleri'', also known commonly as Butler's snake-eyed skink, the lined soil-crevice skink, and the lined soil-crevis skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Etymology
The speci ...
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Storr, 1979 – lined soil-crevice skink
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Notoscincus ornatus''
(Broom
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, 1896) – ornate soil-crevice skink
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Nota bene
( ; plural: ) is the Latin language, Latin phrase meaning ''note well''.
In manuscripts, ''nota bene'' is abbreviated in upper-case as NB and N.B., and in lower-case as n.b. and nb; the editorial usages of ''nota bene'' and ''notate bene'' fi ...
'': A
binomial authority
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, altho ...
in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Notoscincus''.
References
Further reading
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Fuhn IE (1969). "Revision and redefinition of the genus ''Ablepharus'' Lichtenstein, 1823 (Reptilia, Scincidae)". ''Revue Roumaine de Biologie, Zoologie'' 14: 23–41. (''Notoscincus'', new genus).
External links
More research can be found at:
*http://srs.embl-heidelberg.de:8000/srs5bin/cgi-bin/wgetz?%5BREPTILIA-Species:Notoscincus*%5D
*http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/faunabase/_asp_bin/CheckListcx.asp?d=Reptiles#72
Notoscincus
Lizard genera
Skinks of Australia
Taxa named by Ion Eduard Fuhn
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