Lissolepis Explained

Lissolepis is a genus of mid-sized skinks (adult snout-vent length 100–130 mm) with a bulky angular body and small eyes. 20–28 rows of midbody scales; dorsal scales smooth. The nasal scale has a postnarial groove; the subocular scale row is complete. Eyelids similar in colour to the adjacent scales.^[1] They were previously placed in the genus Egernia.

Species

Image	Name	Distribution
	Lissolepis coventryi (Storr, 1978) – eastern mourning skink	South Australia, Victoria, and possibly New South Wales.
	Lissolepis luctuosa (W. Peters, 1866) – western mourning skink, western glossy swamp skink	Western Australia

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lissolepis.

Notes and References

1. (2008). "Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the Egernia group (Reptilia: Scincidae)". Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 154 (4): 781-794. (HTML abstract).