Lygisaurus

Lygisaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Eugongylidae
Genus:	Lygisaurus De Vis, 1884[1]

Lygisaurus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae.

Species of Lygisaurus are found in Australia and New Guinea.^[2]

The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.^[2]

• Lygisaurus absconditus (Worthington Wilmer in Couper et al., 2005) - Mt. Surprise litter-skink
• Lygisaurus aeratus (Garman, 1901) - large-disced litter-skink
• Lygisaurus curtus (Boulenger, 1897)
• Lygisaurus foliorum De Vis, 1884 - tree-base litter-skink
• Lygisaurus laevis (Oudemans, 1894) - rainforest edge litter-skink
• Lygisaurus macfarlani (Günther, 1877) - translucent litter-skink
• Lygisaurus malleolus (Roberts in Couper et al., 2005) - red-tailed litter-skink
• Lygisaurus novaeguineae (Meyer, 1874)
• Lygisaurus parrhasius (Couper, Covacevich & Lethbridge, 1994) - fire-tailed rainbow-skink
• Lygisaurus rimula Ingram & Covacevich, 1980 - crevice rainbow-skink
• Lygisaurus rococo Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 - Chillagoe litter-skink
• Lygisaurus sesbrauna Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 - Eastern Cape litter-skink
• Lygisaurus tanneri Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 - Endeavour River litter-skink
• Lygisaurus zuma Couper, 1993 - sun-loving litter-skink

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lygisaurus.

• De Vis CW (1884). "New Queensland Lizards". Proc. Royal Soc. Queensland 1: 77–78. (Lygisaurus, new genus, p. 77).