AROD > Reptiles / Squamata / Scincidae / Glaphyromorphus
Mulch-skinks
Glaphyromorphus
- Wells and Wellington, 1984
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Etymology: | 'polished form'1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic notes: |
In 2009, a number of species were moved from this genus to Eremiascincus.2 |
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Statistics: |
Reproductive modes:
Oviparous - 10 out of 12 Australian species Both egg-laying and live-bearing - 1 out of 12 Australian species - 0 out of 12 Australian species Size range: Smallest Australian species: Arnhem mulch-skink (Glaphyromorphus arnhemicus) at 5.0 cm Longest Australian species: Cape Melville bar-lipped skink (Glaphyromorphus othelarrni) at 9.3 cm |
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Number of Australian species: | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Wells, Richard W. & Wellington, C. Ross (1984). A synopsis of the Class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, 1(3-4):73-129. - search web for this article
- Mecke, S.; Doughty, P.; & Donnellan, S.C. (2009). A new species of Eremiascincus (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from the Great Sandy Desert and Pilbara Coast, Western Australia and reassignment of eight species from Glaphyromorphus to Eremiascincus. Zootaxa, 2246:1-20.
- Hoskin, Conrad J & Couper, Patrick J (2014). Two new skinks (Scincidae: Glaphyromorphus) from rainforest habitats in north-eastern Australia. Zootaxa, 3869(1):1-16.