''Concinnia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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. S ...

s in the subfamily

Lygosominae Lygosominae is the largest subfamily of skinks in the family Scincidae. The subfamily can be divided into a number of genus groups. If the rarely used taxonomic rank of infrafamily is employed, the genus groups would be designated as such, but ...

Taxonomy and systematics

The genus ''Concinnia'' belongs to the Australian Sphenomorphid clade that contains other

genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial ...

such as ''

Ctenotus ''Ctenotus'' is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). The genus belongs to a clade in the ''Sphenomorphus'' group which contains such genera as ''Anomalopus'' and the close relatives '' Eulamprus'' and '' Gnypetoscincus''. Lizards in the genus ...

'', ''

Anomalopus ''Anomalopus'' is a genus of worm-skinks, smallish smooth-scaled burrowing lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to the eastern half of Australia. The genus belongs to a clade in the ''Sphenomorphus'' group which contains such ...

'' and the ''

Eulamprus ''Eulamprus'' is a genus of lizards, commonly known as water skinks, in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The genus is native to Australia. Taxonomy The genus ''Eulamprus'' belongs to a clade in the ''Sphenomorphus'' ...

'' water skinks. This genus was raised by Skinner et al.(2013) based on molecular phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences, which showed that five sampled species from the ''Eulamprus tenuis'' group formed a well supported clade with the then monotypic genera '' Gnypetoscincus'' and ''

Nangura ''Nangura spinosa'', the Nangur spiny skink or Nangur skink, is a lizard known from two patches of dry-rainforest in South East Queensland, Australia. It was formerly placed in the monotypic genus ''Nangura'' but was moved to '' Concinnia'' foll ...

''. Wells and Wellington (1983) coined the name ''Concinnia'' and applied it to the ''Eulamprus tenuis'' group delimited by Greer (1989). Although this ''tenuis'' group may form a clade it did not receive strong support in molecular phylogenetic analyses, with ''C. amplus'' and ''C. frerei'' forming deep lineages of uncertain position relative to ''C. queenslandiae'' and ''C. spinosus''. Consequently, Skinner et al. (2013) united the well supported broader clade, including ''Gnypetoscincus'' and ''Nangura'' in ''Concinnia'', including ''C. frerei'' and ''C. sokosoma'' based on the work of O'Connor and Moritz (2003). Skinner and co-authors (2013) further restricted the genus ''Eulamprus'' to the water skinks assigned by Greer (1989) to the ''Eulamprus quoyii'' group and created two new genera; Silvascincus for species in Greer's (1989) ''

Eulamprus murrayi ''Eulamprus'' is a genus of lizards, commonly known as water skinks, in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The genus is native to Australia. Taxonomy The genus ''Eulamprus'' belongs to a clade in the '' Sphenomorphus'' gr ...

'' group (including ''E. murrayi'' and ''E. tryoni''), and '' Tumbunascincus'' for ''

Eulamprus luteilateralis The orange-speckled forest-skink (''Tumbunascincus luteilateralis''), monotypic in the genus ''Tumbunascincus'', is endemic to Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Q ...

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Species

There are currently 7 recognized species: * ''

Concinnia ampla The lemon-barred forest-skink (''Concinnia ampla'') is a species of skink found in Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type ...

'' Covacevich & McDonald, 1980 – lemon-barred forest-skink * ''

Concinnia brachyosoma The northern barsided skink (''Concinnia brachyosoma'') is a species of skink found in Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_t ...

'' ( Lönnberg and Andersson, 1915) – northern barsided skink * '' Concinnia frerei'' Greer, 1992 – stout barsided skink * ''

Concinnia martini The dark barsided skink (''Concinnia martini'') is a species of skink found in Queensland and New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordina ...

'' Wells & Wellington, 1983 – dark barsided skink * ''

Concinnia sokosoma The stout barsided skink (''Concinnia sokosoma'') is a species of skink found in Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = ...

'' Greer, 1992 – stout barsided skink * ''

Concinnia tenuis The bar-sided forest-skink or barred-sided skink (''Concinnia tenuis'') is a species of skink found in New South Wales and Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Quee ...

'' (

Gray Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed ...

, 1831) bar-sided forest-skink, barred-sided skink * ''

Concinnia tigrina The yellow-blotched forest-skink or rainforest water-skink (''Concinnia tigrina'') is a species of skink found in Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in ...

'' ( De Vis, 1888) – yellow-blotched forest-skink, rainforest water-skink '' Hinulia elegans'', described by Gray in 1838, is an unidentified lygosomine that may be ''

''.Shea & Michels (2008).

Taxonomy and systematics

Species

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