Lygisaurus laevis (OUDEMANS, 1894)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Rainforest Edge Litter-skink, Rainforest Litter-skink
Synonym	Lygosoma laeve OUDEMANS 1894: 144 Carlia novaeguineae — COGGER 1983: 139 Lygisaurus laevis — COGGER 2000: 539 Carlia laevis — STUART -FOX et al. 2002 Lygisaurus laevis — DOLMAN & HUGALL 2008
Distribution	Australia (Queensland) Type locality: Cooktown, Qld.
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: ZMA.RENA 10994
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: L. laevis is a large (maximum SV length of 37 mm) Lygisaurus with a moveable eyelid containing a small disc, a character it shares with L. tanneri, L. sesbrauna and L. macfarlani. Table 1 summarizes features which distinguish these four species. Other characters (midbody scale count, chin-vent scale number, lamellae under the 4th toe, and numbers of scales between the second presubocular and the nasal) arc not use ful in distinguishing the species. Table I emphasises the similarity of these four species. It shows that L. laevis is most difficult to dis tinguish from L. sesbrauna from which it is dis tinguished consistently only by ear shape and size of ear lobules (Ingram and Covacevich, 1988: 344). Additional details (41 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Lygosoma laeve is a synonym of Liolopisma novaeguineae (MEYER) fide DAAN & HILLENIUS 1966 and LOVERIDGE 1934.
Etymology	Presumably named after the Latin levis (smooth), in allusion to the smooth scalation. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024)
References	Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp. Couper, P., Covacevich, J., Amey, A. & Baker, A. 2006. The genera of skinks (Family Scincidae) of Australia and its island territories: diversity, distribution and identification. in: Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G.M. & Lee, M.S.Y. (eds.). Evolution and Zoogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, pp. 367-384 Daan, S. & Hillenius,D. 1966. Catalogue of the type specimens of amphibians and reptiles in the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam. Beaufortia 13: 117-144 Dolman, Gaynor & Andrew F. Hugall 2008. Combined mitochondrial and nuclear data enhance resolution of a rapid radiation of Australian rainbow skinks (Scincidae: Carlia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49 (3): 782-794 - get paper here Loveridge, A. 1934. Australian reptiles in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 77: 243-383 - get paper here Oudemans, J. Th. 1894. Eidechsen und Schildkröten. In Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena, 8:127—146 - get paper here Stuart-Fox, Devi M., Andrew F. Hugall, and Craig Moritz 2002. A molecular phylogeny of rainbow skinks (Scincidae: Carlia): taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Australian Journal of Zoology 50: 39–51 - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp. Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/scincidae.pdf http://www.jcu.edu.au/dept/Zoology/herp/wtlz/wtlz.html http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Lygisaurus/laevis Google images

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