Lygisaurus

Lygisaurus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae.

Geographic range
Species of Lygisaurus are found in Australia and New Guinea.

Species
The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.


 * Lygisaurus absconditus (Worthington Wilmer in Couper et al., 2005) - Mt. Surprise litter-skink
 * Lygisaurus aeratus (Garman, 1901) - large-disced litter-skink
 * Lygisaurus curtus (Boulenger, 1897)
 * Lygisaurus foliorum De Vis, 1884 - tree-base litter-skink
 * Lygisaurus laevis (Oudemans, 1894) - rainforest edge litter-skink
 * Lygisaurus macfarlani (Günther, 1877) - translucent litter-skink
 * Lygisaurus malleolus (Roberts in Couper et al., 2005) - red-tailed litter-skink
 * Lygisaurus novaeguineae (Meyer, 1874)
 * Lygisaurus parrhasius (Couper, Covacevich & Lethbridge, 1994) - fire-tailed rainbow-skink
 * Lygisaurus rimula Ingram & Covacevich, 1980 - crevice rainbow-skink
 * Lygisaurus rococo Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 - Chillagoe litter-skink
 * Lygisaurus sesbrauna Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 - Eastern Cape litter-skink
 * Lygisaurus tanneri Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 - Endeavour River litter-skink
 * Lygisaurus zuma Couper, 1993 - sun-loving litter-skink

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