''Lissolepis'' is a genus of mid-sized skinks (adult snout-vent length 100–130 mm) with a bulky angular body and small eyes. 20–28 rows of midbody scales; dorsal scales smooth. The nasal scale has a postnarial groove; the subocular scale row is complete. Eyelids similar in colour to the adjacent scales.
[ (2008). "Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the ''Egernia'' group (Reptilia: Scincidae)". '' Zool. J. Linn. Soc.'' 154 (4): 781-794. (HTML abstract).] They were previously placed in the genus ''
Egernia
''Egernia'' is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae) that occurs in Australia. These skinks are ecologically diverse omnivores that inhabit a wide range of habitats. However, in the loose delimitation (which incorporates about 30 species) the gen ...
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Species
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Lissolepis coventryi''
(Storr, 1978) – eastern mourning skink
* ''
Lissolepis luctuosa''
(W. Peters, 1866) – western mourning skink, western glossy swamp skink
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Nota bene
(, or ; plural form ) is a Latin phrase meaning "note well".
It is often abbreviated as NB, n.b., or with the ligature
and first appeared in English writing . In Modern English, it is used, particularly in legal papers, to draw the atten ...
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binomial authority
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Lissolepis''.
References
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
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