Lampropholis elongata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Lampropholis |
Species: | L. elongata |
Binomial name | |
Lampropholis elongata Greer, 1997 | |
The long sunskink or elongate sunskink (Lampropholis elongata) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to eastern Australia. [2]
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.
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