Lygisaurus foliorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Lygisaurus
Species:

Lygisaurus foliorum De Vis, 1884: 77

Holotype: lost fide Covacevich (1971).
Neotype: QM J23660, collected by C. Morris and A. Merrit on 22 July 1973. [designated by Ingram & Covacevich (1988: 336)]
Type locality: “Brisbane”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Mt. Coot-tha, Brisbane, SE Queensland (27°29'S, 152°57'E)” by Ingram & Covacevich (1988: 336).

Ablepharus burnetti Oudemans, 1894: 145 [synonymised by Ingram & Covacevich (1988: 336)]
- Lectotype: ZMA 11345, collected by R. Semon in 1893. [designated by Ingram & Covacevich (1988: 336)]
- Type locality: “Burnett River”, SE Queensland.
- Paralectotype: ZMA 11346, same data as the lectotype.

Ablepharus burnetti sydneyensis Copland, 1949: 362 [synonymised by Ingram & Covacevich (1988: 336)]
- Holotype: AM R18589 (Copland collection 3061), presented by S.J. Copland on 21 May 1946.
- Type locality: “Mt. Riverview Lookout, near Blaxland”, New South Wales.

De Vis, C.W. 1884. New Queensland lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 77–78. BHL Reference page.
Oudemans, J.Th. 1894. Eidechsen und Schildkröten. In Semon, R. (ed.). Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8: 127–146. BHL Reference page.
Copland, S.J. 1949. Taxonomic notes on the genus Ablepharus (Sauria: Scincidae). II. The races of Ablepharus burnetti Oudemans. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 73(5/6): 362–371. BHL
Ingram, G. & Covacevich, J. 1988. Revision of the genus Lygisaurus De Vis (Scincidae : Reptilia). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25(2): 335–354. BHL Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Lygisaurus foliorum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 December 2019.
Vanderduys, E., Wilson, S., Venz, M., Hobson, R. & Sanderson, C. 2018. IUCN: Lygisaurus foliorum (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T47154429A47154494. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T47154429A47154494.en. Accessed on 17 July 2025.