Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Ophioscincus
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Australian Snake Skinks
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Australische Schlangenskinke
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Australske Slangeskinker
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1873 |  |
Ophioscincus Peters (type species: Ophioscincus australis Peters 1873) |
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1876 | |
Coloscincus Peters (type species: Coloscincus truncatus Peters 1876; syn. Hutchinson, Couper, Amey & Worthington-Wilmer 2021) |
Contents:
3 species, all of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of
Saiphos
(e.g., Skinner, Hutchinson & Lee 2013).
Revalidated as a separate genus by Hutchinson, Couper, Amey & Worthington-Wilmer (2021).
Distribution:
Australia
(New South Wales,
Queensland
[incl. Fraser Island]).
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Ophioscincus cooloolensis
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Cooloola Snake Skink
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Cooloola-Schlangenskink
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Cooloola-slangeskink
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1985 | |
Ophioscincus cooloolensis Greer & Cogger |
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Saiphos cooloolensis Skinner, Hutchinson & Lee 2013 |
Distribution:
Australia
(Queensland
[incl.
Fraser Island]).
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Ophioscincus ophioscincus
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Orange-bellied Snake Skink, Yolk-bellied Snake Skink
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Orangebauch-Schlangenskink
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Orangebuget Slangeskink
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1873 | |
Ophioscincus australis Peters [not Tiliqua australis Gray 1828; not Lygosoma australis Gray 1839] |
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1887 | |
Lygosoma ophioscincus Boulenger [substitute name for Ophioscincus australis Peters 1873] |
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Anomalopus ophioscincus Cogger 1975 |
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Ophioscincus ophioscincus Greer & Cogger 1985 |
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Saiphos ophioscincus Skinner, Hutchinson & Lee 2013 |
Distribution:
Australia
(Queensland).
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Ophioscincus truncatus
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Short-limbed Snake Skink
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Kurzbein-Schlangenskink
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Kortbenet Slangeskink
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1876 | |
Coloscincus truncatus Peters |
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Lygosoma truncatum Smith 1937 |
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Saiphos truncatus Mittleman 1952 |
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Anomalopus truncatus Cogger 1975 |
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Ophioscincus truncatus Greer & Cogger 1985 |
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1952 | |
Lygosoma truncatum monswilsonensis Copland (Greer & Cogger 1985) |
Distribution:
Australia
(New South Wales,
Queensland).
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