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Australian Sunskinks
Lampropholis
Lampropholis is a genus of skinks, commonly known as sunskinks, in the lizard subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The genus Lampropholis was previously found to belong to a clade with the genera Niveoscincus, Leiolopisma and others of the Eugongylus group within Lygosominae. All species of Lampropholis are endemic to Australia. For similar skinks see genera Bassiana, Pseudemoia, and Niveoscincus.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species
Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink
speciesLampropholis delicata
Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink
speciesLampropholis guichenoti
Saxicoline Sunskink
speciesLampropholis mirabilis
Diamond-shielded Sunskink
speciesLampropholis adonis
Friendly Sunskink
speciesLampropholis amicula
Northern Rainforest Sunskink
speciesLampropholis coggeri
Southern Rainforest Sunskink
speciesLampropholis similis
Plain-backed Sunskink
speciesLampropholis couperi
Bellenden Ker Sunskink
speciesLampropholis bellendenkerensis
Montane Sunskink
speciesLampropholis caligula
Grey-bellied Sunskink
speciesLampropholis robertsi
Bunya Sunskink
speciesLampropholis colossus
Mount Elliot Sunskink
speciesLampropholis elliotensis
Elongate Sunskink
speciesLampropholis elongata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 38288.