Lamprolepis

Lamprolepis is a genus of lizards, known commonly as emerald skinks, in the subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae.^[1] Lygosoma is its closest genetic relative.^[2]

Lamprolepis
Lamprolepis smaragdina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Lygosomidae
Genus:	Lamprolepis Fitzinger, 1843

Geographic range

Species of the genus Lamprolepis are found in Indonesia and Malaysia, and on islands in the western Pacific.^[3]

Species

Three species are recognized.^[3]

Image	Scientific Name	Common Name	Distribution
	Lamprolepis leucosticta (L. Müller, 1923)	white-spotted tree skink	West Java, Indonesia.
	Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii (Lidth de Jeude, 1905)	Nieuwenhuis's skink	Borneo
	Lamprolepis smaragdina (Lesson, 1826)	emerald tree skink, green tree skink	Taiwan, Palawan, Luzon and Sulu archipelagoes in the Philippines, New Guinea

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