Glaphyromorphus

Glaphyromorphus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Sphenomorphinae
Genus:	Glaphyromorphus Wells & Wellington, 1984 [1]

An 1880s illustration of Glaphyromorphus pumilus

Glaphyromorphus is a genus of lizards in the skink family (Scincidae). ^[2]

Geographic range

Species in the genus Glaphyromorphus are found in Australia and New Guinea. ^[3]

Species

The following 12 species are recognized: ^{[3] [1]}

• Glaphyromorphus arnhemicus (Storr, 1967)
• Glaphyromorphus clandestinus Hoskin & Couper, 2004 – Mount Elliot mulch-skink
• Glaphyromorphus cracens (Greer, 1985) – slender mulch-skink
• Glaphyromorphus crassicauda (A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – Cape York mulch-skink
• Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis (Storr, 1967) – Darwin's ground skink, northern mulch-skink
• Glaphyromorphus fuscicaudis (Greer, 1979) – brown-tailed bar-lipped skink, grey-tailed skink
• Glaphyromorphus mjobergi (Lönnberg & Andersson, 1915) – Atherton Tableland skink
• Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis (Macleay, 1877) – black-tailed bar-lipped skink
• Glaphyromorphus nyanchupinta Hoskin & Couper, 2014 – McIlwraith bar-lipped skink
• Glaphyromorphus othelarrni Hoskin & Couper, 2014 – Cape Melville bar-lipped skink
• Glaphyromorphus pumilus (Boulenger, 1887) – dwarf mulch-skink
• Glaphyromorphus punctulatus (W. Peters, 1871) – fine-spotted mulch-skink

Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Glaphyromorphus.

References

1. "Glaphyromorphus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
2. "Glaphyromorphus ". Wikispecies. species.wikimedia.org.
3. Genus Glaphyromorphus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN   978-0643100350.
• Wells RW, Wellington CR (1984) ("1983"). "A Synopsis of the Class Reptilia in Australia". Australian Journal of Herpetology1 (3-4): 73–129. (Glaphyromorphus, new genus, p. 95).
• Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN   978-1921517280.