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Lygosoma  Hardwicke & Gray, 1827
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174007

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyScincidae Oppel, 1811 – Skinks  
                                  SubfamilyLygosominae   
                                     GenusLygosoma Hardwicke & Gray, 1827  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesLygosoma angeli (Smith, 1937) – Angel's Writhing Skink 
                                        SpeciesLygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 – Bampfylde's Supple Skink 
                                        SpeciesLygosoma boehmei Ziegler, Schmitz, Heidrich, Vu and Nguyen, 2007  
                                        SpeciesLygosoma corpulentum Smith, 1921 – Fat Skink 
                                        SpeciesLygosoma haroldyoungi (Taylor, 1962) – Harold's Writhing Skink, Harold Young's Supple Skink 
                                        SpeciesLygosoma isodactylum (Günther, 1864) – Siamese Writhing Skink, Even-toed Supple Skink 
                                        SpeciesLygosoma kinabatanganense Grismer, Quah, Duzulkafly and Yambun, 2018 – Kinabatangan Supple Skink 
                                        SpeciesLygosoma koratense Smith, 1917 – Koraten Writhing Skink 
                                        SpeciesLygosoma opisthorhodum Werner, 1910  
                                        SpeciesLygosoma peninsulare Grismer, Quah, Duzulkafly and Yambun, 2018  
                                        SpeciesLygosoma quadrupes (Linnaeus, 1766) – Short-limbed Supple Skink, Linnaeus' Writhing Skink 
                                        SpeciesLygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900 – Sumatran Supple Skink 
                                        SpeciesLygosoma siamense Siler, Heitz, Davis, Freitas, Aowphol, Termprayoon and Grismer, 2018 – Siamese Supple Skink 
                                        SpeciesLygosoma singha (Taylor, 1950)  
                                        SpeciesLygosoma tabonorum Heitz, Diesmos, Freitas, Ellsworth and Grismer, 2016 – Palawan Supple Skink 
                                        SpeciesLygosoma veunsaiense Geissler, Hartmann and Neang, 2012  
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Lygosoma   
       
  Source: Reptile Database (Mar 2022), website (version Mar-2022)  
  Acquired: 2002   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2022) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 9 May 2022   
  Reference for: Lygosoma   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Applegarth, J. S.   
  Publication Date: 1983   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Index to the Genera of Reptilia - A Device to Assist Curators. Sauria (Lacertilia and Amphisbaenia), Third Edition   
  Page(s): 54   
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  Reference for: Lygosoma   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Schmidt, K. P.   
  Publication Date: 1953   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles, Sixth Edition   
  Page(s): vii + 280   
  Publisher: The University of Chicago Press   
  Publication Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA   
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  Reference for: Lygosoma   
       

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