Saproscincus

Saproscincus is a genus of lizards, commonly referred to as shadeskinks or shade-skinks, in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Australia.^[1]

Saproscincus
Saproscincus mustelinus, found climbing in a small shrub.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Eugongylidae
Genus:	Saproscincus Wells & Wellington, 1983

Species

The genus Saproscincus contains the following 12 species.^[1][2]

• Saproscincus basiliscus (Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981) – pale-lipped shadeskink
• Saproscincus challengeri (Boulenger, 1887) – orange-tailed shadeskink, Border Ranges shadeskink, Challenger's skink
• Saproscincus czechurai (Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981) – wedge-snouted shadeskink, Czechuras litter-skink
• Saproscincus eungellensis Sadlier et al., 2005 – Eungella shadeskink
• Saproscincus hannahae Couper & Keim, 1998 – Hannah's shadeskink
• Saproscincus lewisi Couper & Keim, 1998 – northern wet tropics shadeskink, Cooktown shade-skink
• Saproscincus mustelinus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – southern weasel skink, weasel shadeskink
• Saproscincus oriarius Sadlier, 1998
• Saproscincus rosei Wells & Wellington, 1985 – orange-tailed shadeskink, highland forest skink
• Saproscincus saltus Hoskin, 2013 – Cape Melville shadeskink
• Saproscincus spectabilis (De Vis, 1888) – gully shadeskink
• Saproscincus tetradactylus (Greer & Kluge, 1980) – four-fingered shadeskink, four-toed litter-skink

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