Eulamprus is a genus of , commonly known as water skinks, in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The genus is native to Australia.
Taxonomy
The genus
Eulamprus belongs to a
clade in the
Sphenomorphus group that contains other
Genus such as
Ctenotus and
Anomalopus. The molecular phylogenetic studies of O'Connor and (2003) and et al. (2013) found that species assigned to
Eulamprus comprised four independent lineages within the Australian
Sphenomorphus group and did not form a clade. The genus
Eulamprus was restricted to the water skinks, with other species assigned to
Concinnia (including species formerly in the
monotypic genera
Gnypetoscincus and
Nangura),
Silvascincus and
Tumbunascincus.
Species
The following five species are recognized as being valid.
[ Eulamprus. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.]
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Eulamprus heatwolei Wells & Wellington, 1983 – warm-temperate water-skink, Heatwole's water skink
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Eulamprus kosciuskoi (Kinghorn, 1932) – alpine meadow-skink, alpine water skink
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Eulamprus leuraensis Wells & Wellington, 1983 – Blue Mountains water skink, Blue Mountain swamp-skink
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Eulamprus quoyii (A.M.C. Duméril & Gabriel Bibron, 1839) – golden water skink, eastern water-skink, eastern water skink
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Eulamprus tympanum (Lönnberg & Andersson, 1915) – southern water skink, cool-temperate water-skink, highland water skink, Dreeite water skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Eulamprus.
Species formerly placed in Eulamprus
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Concinnia ampla (Covacevich & McDonald, 1980) – lemon-barred forest-skink
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Concinnia brachyosoma (Lönnberg & Andersson, 1915) – northern barsided skink
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Concinnia frerei (, 1992) – stout barsided skink
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Concinnia martini Wells & Wellington, 1983 – dark barsided skink
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Concinnia sokosoma (Greer, 1992) – stout barsided skink
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Concinnia tenuis (Gray, 1831) bar-sided forest-skink, barred-sided skink
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Concinnia tigrina (De Vis, 1888) – yellow-blotched forest-skink, rainforest water-skink
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Silvascincus murrayi (Boulenger, 1887) – blue-speckled forest-skink
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Silvascincus tryoni (Longman, 1918) – Border Ranges blue-spectacled skink, forest skink, Tryon's skink
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Tumbunascincus luteilateralis (Covacevich & McDonald, 1980) – orange-speckled forest-skink
Further reading
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(2006). "Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. (HTML abstract).
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(1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. ( Eulamprus, new genus, p. 22). (in Latin).
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(2008). "A replacement name for Sphenomorphus keiensis (Felix Kopstein, 1926) from the southeastern Moluccas, Indonesia (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) with a redescription of the species". Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 82 (52): 737–747. PDF .
