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Lygisaurus

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thumb | right | alt=A zoomed in map of northern Australia depicting the geographic distribution of Lygisaurus sesbrauna, in the top right corner is a zoomed out map of Oceania/Australasia/parts of south-east Asia. | Geographic distribution of Lygisaurus sesbrauna Lygisaurus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae.

Species

Tree-base Litter Skink

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassSquamata
  4. FamilyScincidae
Observations191
Observations recorded8,655

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
419
With media
3
Family
Scincidae
Collections
ANWC, MVZ, USNM
Recorded in
Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Lygosominae
Image
Lygisaurus sesbrauna distribution.png
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Commons category
Lygisaurus
taxon name
Lygisaurus
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Lygisaurus
taxon author citation
De Vis, 1884
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Geographic range
  • Species
  • References
  • Further reading

thumb | right | alt=A zoomed in map of northern Australia depicting the geographic distribution of Lygisaurus sesbrauna, in the top right corner is a zoomed out map of Oceania/Australasia/parts of south-east Asia. | Geographic distribution of Lygisaurus sesbrauna Lygisaurus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae.

==Geographic range== Species of Lygisaurus are found in Australia and New Guinea.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lygisaurus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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