Lygosominae
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Lygosoma lineata |
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| Mittleman , 1952 |
The Lygosominae are a subfamily of the Skinks (Scincidae).
features
Diagnostic features of the Lygosominae are nine teeth on the premaxillary , a Meckelian groove (an opening in the middle (inner) surface of the lower jaw from which the Meckel's cartilage originates) that is completely closed by overlapping and fused lower jaw bones . The two parts of the pair of parietal bones ( os parietale ) touch each other behind the interparietal. The parietal bone is bounded along its posterior lateral edges by two or more temporal bones. The nuchal is usually missing. The inner preanal scales overlap the outer ones, the scales on the top of the fourth toe are arranged in several rows. The iris is lighter than the pupil. The hemipenis consists of a short, columnar base and a bulbous tip.
Systematics
The Lygosominae include 52 species:
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Haackgreerius Lanza, 1983
- Haackgreerius miopus (Greer & Haacke, 1982)
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Lamprolepis Fitzinger, 1843
- Lamprolepis leucosticta (Müller, 1923)
- Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii (Lidth De Jeude, 1905)
- Lamprolepis smaragdina (Lesson, 1826)
- Lamprolepis vyneri Shelford, 1905
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Lepidothyris Cope, 1892
- Lepidothyris fernandi (Burton, 1836)
- Lepidothyris hinkeli Wagner, Böhme, Pauwels & Schmitz, 2009
- Lepidothyris striatus (Hallowell, 1854)
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Lygosoma Hardwicke & Gray, 1827
- Lygosoma albopunctata (Gray, 1846)
- Lygosoma angeli (Smith, 1937)
- Lygosoma anguinum (Theobald, 1868)
- Lygosoma ashwamedhi (Sharma, 1969)
- Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895
- Lygosoma boehmei Ziegler, Schmitz, Heidrich, Vu & Nguyen, 2007
- Lygosoma bowringii (Günther, 1864)
- Lygosoma carinatum Darevsky & Orlova, 1996
- Lygosoma chaperi Vaillant, 1884
- Lygosoma corpulentum Smith, 1921
- Lygosoma frontoparietale (Taylor, 1962)
- Lygosoma goaensis (Sharma, 1976)
- Lygosoma guentheri (Peters, 1879)
- Lygosoma haroldyoungi (Taylor, 1962)
- Lygosoma herberti Smith, 1916
- Lygosoma isodactylum (Günther, 1864)
- Lygosoma koratense Smith, 1917
- Lygosoma laeviceps (Peters, 1874)
- Lygosoma lanceolatum Broadley, 1990
- Lygosoma lineata (Gray, 1839)
- Lygosoma lineolatum (Stolizcka, 1870)
- Lygosoma mafianum Broadley, 1994
- Lygosoma opisthorhodum (Werner, 1910)
- Lygosoma pembanum Boettger, 1913
- Lygosoma popae (Shreve, 1940)
- Lygosoma pruthi (Sharma, 1977)
- Lygosoma punctata (Gmelin, 1799)
- Lygosoma quadrupes (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Lygosoma singha Taylor, 1950
- Lygosoma veunsaiensis Geissler, Hartmann & Neang, 2012
- Lygosoma vosmaeri (Gray, 1839)
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Mochlus Günther, 1864
- Mochlus afer (Peters, 1854)
- Mochlus brevicaudis (Greer, Grandison & Barbault, 1985)
- Mochlus grandisonianum (Lanza & Carfi, 1966)
- Mochlus guineensis (Peters, 1879)
- Mochlus mabuiiforme (Loveridge, 1935)
- Mochlus mocquardi (Chabanaud, 1917)
- Mochlus paedocarinatum (Lanza & Carfi, 1968)
- Mochlus productum (Boulenger, 1909)
- Mochlus simonettai (Lanza, 1979)
- Mochlus somalicum (Parker, 1942)
- Mochlus sundevalli (Smith, 1849)
- Mochlus tanae (Loveridge, 1935)
- Mochlus vinciguerrae (Parker, 1932)
The subfamily Lygosominae was established in 1952 by the herpetologist Myron Budd Mittleman. In 2014, the herpetologist Stephen Blair Hedges suggested giving the group the rank of family (Lygosomidae).
literature
- S. Blair Hedges: The high-level classification of skinks (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincomorpha). Zootaxa 3765 (4): 317-338 (Feb. 19, 2014), doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa.3765.4.2
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hedges (2014), p. 320.
- ^ Lygosominae in The Reptile Database
- ↑ Mittleman, 1952: A generic synopsis of the lizards of the subfamily Lygosominae. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 117, No. 17, pages 1-35.
- ↑ Hedges (2014)