Eremiascincus is a genus of , in the family Scincidae. The genus is Endemism to Australia, Indonesia, and East Timor.[
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Species
The genus contains the following 15 valid species, listed alphabetically by specific name.[ " Eremiascincus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.]
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Eremiascincus antoniorum (M.A. Smith, 1927)
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Eremiascincus brongersmai (Storr, 1972) – brown-sided bar-lipped skink
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Eremiascincus butlerorum (Aplin, How & Bapak Boeadi, 1993)
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Eremiascincus douglasi (Storr, 1967) – orange-sided bar-lipped skink
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Eremiascincus emigrans (Lidth de Jeude, 1895)
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Eremiascincus fasciolatus (Günther, 1867) – narrow-banded sand-swimmer, thick-tailed skink
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Eremiascincus intermedius (Sternfeld, 1919) – northern narrow–banded skink
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Eremiascincus isolepis (Boulenger, 1887) – northern bar-lipped skink, short-legged slender skink
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Eremiascincus musivus Sven Mecke, Paul Doughty & Donnellan, 2009 – mosaic desert skink
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Eremiascincus pallidus (Günther, 1875) – western sand-swimming skink, western narrow-banded skink
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Eremiascincus pardalis (Macleay, 1877) – lowlands bar-lipped skink
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Eremiascincus phantasmus Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2013 – ghost skink
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Eremiascincus richardsonii (Gray, 1845) – broad-banded sand-swimmer, Richardson's skink
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Eremiascincus rubiginosus Mecke & Doughty, 2018 – rusty skink
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Eremiascincus timorensis (Greer, 1990)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Eremiascincus.
Further reading
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Greer AE (1979). " Eremiascincus, a new generic name for some Australian sand swimming skinks (Lacertilia: Scincidae)". Rec. Australian Mus. 32 (7): 321–388. (" Eremiascincus New Genus", p. 323).
