Lygisaurus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae.
Geographic range Species of Lygisaurus are found in Australia and New Guinea.
Species The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.. www.reptile-database.org.
Lygisaurus absconditus – Mt. Surprise litter-skink Lygisaurus aeratus – large-disced litter-skink Lygisaurus curtus Lygisaurus foliorum – tree-base litter-skink Lygisaurus laevis – rainforest edge litter-skink Lygisaurus macfarlani – translucent litter-skink Lygisaurus malleolus – red-tailed litter-skink Lygisaurus novaeguineae Lygisaurus parrhasius – fire-tailed litter-skink, fire-tailed rainbow-skink Lygisaurus rimula – crevice rainbow-skink Lygisaurus rococo – Chillagoe litter-skink Lygisaurus sesbrauna – Eastern Cape litter-skink Lygisaurus tanneri – Endeavour River litter-skink Lygisaurus zuma – sun-loving litter-skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lygisaurus.
References
Further reading
De Vis CW (1884). "New Queensland Lizards". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 77–78. (Lygisaurus, new genus, p. 77).