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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
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
Genus: Notoscincus
Species: N. butleri - N. ornatus
Name

Notoscincus Fuhn, 1969
Vernacular names

Notoscincus is a genus of skinks. They are commonly known as soil-crevice skinks or snake-eyed skinks.

Species

Notoscincus butleri Storr, 1979 – lined soil-crevice skink
Notoscincus ornatus (Broom, 1896) – ornate soil-crevice skink

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Notoscincus.>
References

"Notoscincus ". Dahms Tierleben. http://www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/sphenomorphinae.

Further reading

Fuhn IE (1969). "Revision and redefinition of the genus Ablepharus Lichtenstein, 1823 (Reptilia, Scincidae)". Revue Roumaine de Biologie, Zoologie 14: 23–41. (Notoscincus, new genus).

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