The Nature LibraryEN·ES
iNat·37609GenusReptilia802 field observations
  1. Animals
  2. ›Chordates
  3. ›Vertebrates
  4. ›Reptiles
  5. ›Snakes and Lizards
  6. ›Lizards
  7. ›Skinks and allies
  8. ›Skinks
  9. ›Sphenomorphine Skinks
Anomalopus Worm-Skinks
Plate 1 of 4. (c) Norman P Farmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Norman P Farmer · via iNaturalist

Anomalopus Worm-Skinks

Anomalopus

Anomalopus is the genus of worm-skinks, smallish smooth-scaled burrowing skinks (family Scincidae) from the eastern half of Australia. It belongs to a clade in the Sphenomorphus group which contains such genera as Ctenotus and the close relatives Eulamprus and Gnypetoscincus (Austin & Arnold 2006).

Continue reading on Wikipedia

4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Three-clawed Worm-skink

speciesAnomalopus verreauxii

Two-clawed Worm-skink

speciesAnomalopus leuckartii

Punctate Worm-skink

speciesAnomalopus swansoni

Five-clawed Worm-skink

speciesAnomalopus mackayi

See this branch on the Wheel of Life →
§·

Where it lives

Recorded sightings

—

geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Anomalopus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 37609.