Lygisaurus curtus

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Lygisaurus curtus (Boulenger, 1897)

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.17.85 (formerly 96.10.31.10), collected A.S. Anthony. [designated by Wells & Wellington (1985: 37)]
Type locality: “Mount Victoria, Owen Stanley Range, New Guinea”.

Lygosoma curtum Boulenger, 1897: 9 [original combination]
Carlia curta — Mittleman, 1952 [subsequent combination]
Lygisaurus curtus — Ingram & Covacevich, 1988: 351 [subsequent combination, by implication]

Boulenger, G.A. 1897. Descriptions of new lizards and frogs from Mount Victoria, Owen Stanley Range, New Guinea, collected by Mr A. S. Anthony. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 6, 19: 6–13. BHL
Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series 1: 1–61. Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lygisaurus curtus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 April 2020.
Shea, G., Allison, A. & Tallowin, O. 2015. IUCN: Lygisaurus curtus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T42483232A42483241. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42483232A42483241.en

English: Mount Victoria Litter-skink