Lampropholis is a genus of , Common name known as sunskinks, in the lizard subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae.[ (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).] All species of Lampropholis are endemic to Australia. For similar skinks see genera Bassiana, Pseudemoia, and Niveoscincus.
Diet
Sunskinks feed on invertebrates such as crickets, moths, slaters (
Woodlouse), earthworms, and cockroaches.
Species
The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.
[ Lampropholis. The Reptile Database.][, (2006). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Second Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishing. 512 pp. .][Wells RW (2002). "Some Taxonomic Changes to the Genus Lampropholis (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Australia" . Australian Biodiversity Record (8): 1-24.]
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Lampropholis adonis – diamond-shielded sunskink, Ingram's litter skink
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Lampropholis amicula – friendly sunskink
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Lampropholis bellendenkerensis
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Lampropholis caligula – montane sunskink
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Lampropholis coggeri – northern rainforest sunskink
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Lampropholis colossus – Bunya sunskink
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Lampropholis couperi – plain-backed sunskink
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Lampropholis delicata – delicate skink, rainbow skink, garden skink, delicate grass skink
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Lampropholis elliotensis
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Lampropholis elongata – long sunskink, elongate sunskink
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Lampropholis guichenoti – common garden skink, pale-flecked garden sunskink, grass skink, Guichenot's grass skink
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Lampropholis mirabilis – saxicoline sunskink
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Lampropholis robertsi – grey-bellied sunskink
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Lampropholis similis – southern rainforest sunskink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lampropholis.
Further reading
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Fitzinger (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. ( Lampropholis, new genus, p. 22). (in Latin).
