Lygisaurus rimula

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 rimula (Ingram & Covacevich, 1980)

Holotype: QM J24603.
Type locality: “second Claudie River crossing, Iron Range road, via Coen, in 12°44’ S, 143°13’ E, NE Qld.”

Ingram, G.J. & Covacevich, J.A. 1980. Two new lygosomine skinks endemic to Cape York Peninsula. Pp. 45–48 in Stevens, N.C. & Bailey, A. (eds). Contemporary Cape York Peninsula. Royal Society of Queensland: Brisbane. 100 pp. ISBN 978-0-9598382-4-4 Reference page.
Bragg, J.G., Potter, S., Afonso Silva, A.C., Hoskin, C.J., Bai, B.Y.H. & Moritz, C. 2018. Phylogenomics of a rapid radiation: the Australian rainbow skinks. BMC Evolutionary Biology 18: 15. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1130-4 Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Lygisaurus rimula. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 April 2020.
Couper, P., Hoskin, C. & Amey, A. 2018. IUCN: Lygisaurus rimula (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102966705A102966736. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102966705A102966736.en. Accessed on 17 July 2025.