''Acritoscincus'' is a
genus of Australian
skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...
s (
family Scincidae). It belongs to the ''
Eugongylus'' group; the genus ''
Oligosoma'' appears to be a fairly close relative. An alternative name is ''Bassiana''.
Species
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Acritoscincus duperreyi
The eastern three-lined skink (''Acritoscincus duperreyi''), also known commonly as the bold-striped cool-skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. ''A. duperreyi'' has been extensi ...
'' (Gray, 1838) -- eastern three-lined skink, bold-striped cool-skink
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Acritoscincus platynotus'' (Peters, 1881) -- red-throated cool-skink, red-throated skink
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Acritoscincus trilineatus'' (Gray, 1838) -- southwestern cool-skink, western three-lined skink, New Holland skink
[Wilson S, Swan G. A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia. Second edition. Sydney:New Holland Publ., 2003]
References
Taxa named by Richard Walter Wells
Taxa named by Cliff Ross Wellington
Lizard genera
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