Glaphyromorphus

Glaphyromorphus is a genus of lizards in the skink family (Scincidae).^[2]

Glaphyromorphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Glaphyromorphus Wells & Wellington, 1984[1]

An 1880s illustration of Glaphyromorphus pumilus

Geographic range

Species in the genus Glaphyromorphus are found in Australia and New Guinea.^[3]

Species

The following 12 species are recognized:^[3][1]

• Glaphyromorphus arnhemicus (Storr, 1967)
• Glaphyromorphus clandestinus Hoskin & Couper, 2004 – Mount Elliot mulch-skink
• Glaphyromorphus cracens (Greer, 1985) – slender mulch-skink
• Glaphyromorphus crassicauda (A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – Cape York mulch-skink
• Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis (Storr, 1967) – Darwin's ground skink, northern mulch-skink
• Glaphyromorphus fuscicaudis (Greer, 1979) – brown-tailed bar-lipped skink, grey-tailed skink
• Glaphyromorphus mjobergi (Lönnberg & Andersson, 1915) – Atherton Tableland skink
• Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis (Macleay, 1877) – black-tailed bar-lipped skink
• Glaphyromorphus nyanchupinta Hoskin & Couper, 2014 – McIlwraith bar-lipped skink
• Glaphyromorphus othelarrni Hoskin & Couper, 2014 – Cape Melville bar-lipped skink
• Glaphyromorphus pumilus (Boulenger, 1887) – dwarf mulch-skink
• Glaphyromorphus punctulatus (W. Peters, 1871) – fine-spotted mulch-skink

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