Biology:Silvascincus
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Short description: Genus of lizards
| Silvascincus | |
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| Silvascincus murrayi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphenomorphinae |
| Genus: | Silvascincus Skinner, Hutchinson, & Lee, 2013 |
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Two, see text. | |
Silvascincus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. Both species in the genus are endemic to Australia . They were previously placed in the genus Eulamprus.
Species
The following two species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid:[1]
- Silvascincus murrayi (Boulenger, 1887) – blue-speckled forest-skink
- Silvascincus tryoni (Longman, 1918) – Border Ranges blue-spectacled skink, forest skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Silvascincus.
References
- ↑ Silvascincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q14540444 entry
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