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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 group that contains other genera such as Ctenotus and Anomalopus. The molecular phylogenetic studies of O'Connor and Moritz (2003) and Skinner et al. (2013) found that species assigned to Eulamprus comprised four independent lineages within the Australian Sphenomorphus group and did not form a clade. The genus Eulamprus was restricted to the water skinks, with other species assigned to Concinnia (including species formerly in the monotypic genera Gnypetoscincus and Nangura), Silvascincus and Tumbunascincus.




Species


The following five species are recognized as being valid.

Eulamprus heatwolei Wells & Wellington, 1983 – warm-temperate water-skink, Heatwole's water skink
Eulamprus kosciuskoi (Kinghorn, 1932) – alpine meadow-skink, alpine water skink
Eulamprus leuraensis Wells & Wellington, 1983 – Blue Mountains water skink, Blue Mountain swamp-skink
Eulamprus quoyii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – golden water skink, eastern water-skink, eastern water skink
Eulamprus tympanum (Lönnberg & Andersson, 1915) – southern water skink, cool-temperate water-skink, highland water skink, Dreeite water skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Eulamprus.




Species formerly placed in Eulamprus


Concinnia ampla (Covacevich & McDonald, 1980) – lemon-barred forest-skink
Concinnia brachyosoma (Lönnberg & Andersson, 1915) – northern barsided skink
Concinnia frerei (Greer, 1992) – stout barsided skink
Concinnia martini Wells & Wellington, 1983 – dark barsided skink
Concinnia sokosoma (Greer, 1992) – stout barsided skink
Concinnia tenuis (Gray, 1831) bar-sided forest-skink, barred-sided skink
Concinnia tigrina (De Vis, 1888) – yellow-blotched forest-skink, rainforest water-skink
Silvascincus murrayi (Boulenger, 1887) – blue-speckled forest-skink
Silvascincus tryoni (Longman, 1918) – Border Ranges blue-spectacled skink, forest skink, Tryon's skink
Tumbunascincus luteilateralis (Covacevich & McDonald, 1980) – orange-speckled forest-skink




References






Further reading



Austin JJ, Arnold EN (2006). "Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract).
Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Eulamprus, new genus, p. 22). (in Latin).
Shea GM, Michels JP (2008). "A replacement name for Sphenomorphus keiensis (Kopstein, 1926) from the southeastern Moluccas, Indonesia (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) with a redescription of the species". Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 82 (52): 737–747. PDF Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Mengkarung
• Eulamprus
• Eulamprus quoyii
• Eulamprus heatwolei
• Eulamprus kosciuskoi
• Anomalopus
• Blue Mountains water skink
• Southern water skink
• Concinnia sokosoma
• Skink
• Paraphyly