Lygisaurus curtus

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 curtus (Boulenger, 1897)

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.17.85 (formerly 96.10.31.10), collected A.S. Anthony. [designated by Wells & Wellington (1985: 37)]
Type locality: “Mount Victoria, Owen Stanley Range, New Guinea”.

Boulenger, G.A. 1897. Descriptions of new lizards and frogs from Mount Victoria, Owen Stanley Range, New Guinea, collected by Mr A. S. Anthony. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 6 19: 6–13. BHL
Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series 1: 1–61. Reference page.
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 curtus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 April 2020.
Shea, G., Allison, A. & Tallowin, O. 2015. IUCN: Lygisaurus curtus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T42483232A42483241. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42483232A42483241.en. Accessed on 17 July 2025.