AROD > Reptiles / Squamata / Scincidae / Lissolepis
Mourning skinks
Lissolepis
- Peters, 1872
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Body is squarish in cross-section. Dorsal scales are generally smooth and in 20-28 rows. Subocular scale row is complete. Colour of eyelids is similar to that of the adjacent scales.2 |
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Live-bearing - 2 out of 2 Australian species Size range: Smallest Australian species: eastern mourning skink (Lissolepis coventryi) at 10 cm Longest Australian species: western mourning skink (Lissolepis luctuosa) at 13 cm |
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Number of Australian species: | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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- Gardner, Michael G.; Hugall, Andrew F.; Donnellan, Stephen C.; Hutchinson, Mark N.; & Foster, Ralph (2008). Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the Egernia group (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 154:781-794. - search web for this article
- Brown, Danny (2009). A guide to keeping Australian lizards. Australian Bird Keeper Publications. - search web for this book