''Acritoscincus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 (

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Scincidae). It belongs to the '' Eugongylus'' group; the genus ''

Oligosoma ''Oligosoma'' is a genus of small to medium-sized skinks (family Scincidae) found only in New Zealand, Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island. ''Oligosoma'' had previously been found to belong to the ''Eugongylus'' group of genera in the subfamily ...

'' appears to be a fairly close relative. An alternative name is ''Bassiana''.

Species

*'' Acritoscincus duperreyi'' (Gray, 1838) -- eastern three-lined skink, bold-striped cool-skink *'' Acritoscincus platynotus'' (Peters, 1881) -- red-throated cool-skink, red-throated skink *'' 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 {{eugongylinae-stub