Lygisaurus rococo

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 rococo Ingram & Covacevich, 1988: 343

Holotype: QM J46014 (formerly AM R112119), collected by A. Greer and P. Greer on 20 June 1984.
Type locality: “3.2 km SE of Chillagoe Post Office, NE Queensland (17°10'S, 144°32'E)”.

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 rococo. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 April 2020.
Hoskin, C. 2018. IUCN: Lygisaurus rococo (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T47155146A47155167. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T47155146A47155167.en. Accessed on 17 July 2025.