Lampropholis
Genus of lizards
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Lampropholis is a genus of skinks, commonly known as sunskinks, in the lizard subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae.[1] The genus Lampropholis was previously found to belong to a clade with the genera Niveoscincus, Leiolopisma and others of the Eugongylus group within Lygosominae.[2] All species of Lampropholis are endemic to Australia. For similar skinks see genera Bassiana, Pseudemoia, and Niveoscincus.
| Lampropholis | |
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| Lampropholis guichenoti, common garden skink | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Eugongylinae |
| Genus: | Lampropholis Fitzinger, 1843 |
| Species | |
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15, see text | |
Diet
Sunskinks feed on invertebrates such as crickets, moths, slaters (woodlice), earthworms, and cockroaches.
Species
The following 15 species are recognized as being valid.[3][4][5]
- Lampropholis adonis Ingram, 1991 – diamond-shielded sunskink, Ingram's litter skink
- Lampropholis amicula Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981 – friendly sunskink
- Lampropholis bellendenkerensis Singhal, Hoskin, Couper, Potter & Moritz, 2018
- Lampropholis caligula Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981 – montane sunskink
- Lampropholis coggeri Ingram, 1991 – northern rainforest sunskink
- Lampropholis colossus Ingram, 1991 – Bunya sunskink
- Lampropholis couperi Ingram, 1991 – plain-backed sunskink
- Lampropholis delicata (De Vis, 1888) – delicate skink, rainbow skink, garden skink, delicate grass skink
- Lampropholis elliotensis Singhal, Hoskin, Couper, Potter & Moritz, 2018
- Lampropholis elongata Greer, 1997 – long sunskink, elongate sunskink
- Lampropholis guichenoti (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – common garden skink, pale-flecked garden sunskink, grass skink, Guichenot's grass skink
- Lampropholis isla (Hoskin, 2025)[6]
- Lampropholis mirabilis Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981 – saxicoline sunskink
- Lampropholis robertsi Ingram, 1991 – grey-bellied sunskink
- Lampropholis similis Singhal, Hoskin, Couper, Potter & Moritz, 2018 – southern rainforest sunskink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lampropholis.
