Lygisaurus macfarlani

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 macfarlani (Günther, 1877)

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.16.49, collected by Samuel MacFarlane. [designated by Ingram & Covacevich (1988: 350)]
Type locality: “Somerset and in the islands of Torres Straits”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Darnley Island” by Ingram & Covacevich (1988: 351).
Paralectotypes (n=2): BMNH 1946.8.16.50-51, same data as lectotype.

Carlia macfarlani Günther, 1877: 413 [original combination]
Lygisaurus macfarlani — Ingram & Covacevich, 1988: 350 [subsequent combination]

Günther, A. 1877. Descriptions of three new species of lizards from Islands of Torres Straits. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 4 19: 413–415. 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 macfarlani. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 April 2020.
Shea, G., Allison, A., Tallowin, O., Couper, P., Hoskin, C. & Amey, A. 2018. IUCN: Lygisaurus macfarlani (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T42483359A42483367. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42483359A42483367.en. Accessed on 17 July 2025.