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Water Skinks
Eulamprus
Eulamprus, the water skinks, are a genus of skinks in the subfamily Lygosominae, native to Australia. The genus Eulamprus belongs to a clade in the Sphenomorphus group that contains other genera such as Ctenotus and Anomalopus. The molecular phylogenetic studies of O'Connor and Moritz (2003) and Skinner et al. (2013) found that species assigned to Eulamprus comprised four independent lineages within the Australian Sphenomorphus group and did not form a clade. The genus Eulamprus was restricted...
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Eastern Water Skink
speciesEulamprus quoyii
Southern Water Skink
speciesEulamprus tympanum
Yellow-bellied Water Skink
speciesEulamprus heatwolei
Alpine Water Skink
speciesEulamprus kosciuskoi
Blue Mountains Water Skink
speciesEulamprus leuraensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 38479.