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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Lampropholis
Species (14): L. adonis – L. amicula – L. bellendenkerensis – L. caligula – L. coggeri – L. colossus – L. couperi – L. delicata – L. elliotensis – L. elongata – L. guichenoti – L. mirabilis – L. robertsi – L. similis
Name

Lampropholis Fitzinger, 1843
Synonyms

?Adrasteia Wells, 2002 [nec Adrasteia Chambers, 1872]
Adrasteiascincus Wells, 2010
?Helioscincus Wells, 2002
?Ndurascincus Wells, 2002


References
Primary references

Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Wells, R.W. 2002: Some taxonomic changes to the genus Lampropholis (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Australia. Australian biodiversity record, 2002(8): 1–24. ISSN: 1325-2992
Wells, R.W. 2010: Some taxonomic and nomenclatural considerations on the class Reptilia in Australia. Comments on the genus Lampropholis and related genera in the family Scincidae. Australian biodiversity record, 2010(1): 1–22. ISSN: 1325-2992
Wells, R.W.; Wellington, R.C. 1984(1983): A synopsis of the class Reptilia in Australia. Australian journal of herpetology, 1: 73–129.
Singhal, S., Hoskin, C.J., Couper, P., Potter, S. & Moritz, C. 2018. A framework for resolving cryptic species: a case study from the lizards of the Australian Wet Tropics. Systematic Biology 67(6): 1061–1075. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syy026 Open access Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Indo-Australian Ground Skinks

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