Lygosoma lanceolatum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Lygosominae
Genus: Lygosoma
Species: Lygosoma lanceolatum

Name

• Lygosoma lanceolatum Broadley, 1990: 477

Holotype: NMZB 10031.

Type locality: “Benguerua Island, Mozambique”.

References

Primary references

• Broadley, D.G. 1990. The herpetofaunas of the islands off the coast of South Moçambique. Arnoldia (Zimbabwe) 9(35): 469–493. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Lygosoma lanceolatum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Broadley's Writhing Skink