Lamprolepis
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Lamprolepis, the emerald skinks, are a genus
of skink
s in the subfamily Lygosominae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of skink
Skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae. Together with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae , they comprise the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha...
s in the subfamily Lygosominae
Lygosominae
Lygosominae is the largest subfamily of skinks in the family Scincidae. The subfamily can be divided into a number of genus-groups. If the rarely used taxonomic rank of infrafamily is employed, the genus-groups would be designated as such, but such a move would require a formal description...
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- Lamprolepis leucosticta
- Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisi
- Lamprolepis smaragdina – Emerald Tree SkinkEmerald tree skinkThe Emerald Tree Skink , sometimes known as "green tree skink", dwells in arboreal forests in the Taiwan, Palawan and Sulu archipelagoes as well as the Indo-Australian archipelago and the Solomon and Santa Cruz islands.Eating mostly insects and other small creatures, although occasionally living...
, "green tree skinkGreen tree skinkGreen tree skink can refer to several skink species:* Lamprolepis smaragdina, widespread from East Asia to Melanesia, otherwise known as Emerald Tree Skink* Prasinohaema virens, endemic to New Guinea, otherwise known as Green Green-blooded Skink...
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