Anomalopus

Anomalopus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Sphenomorphinae
Genus:	Anomalopus A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851
Species
Seven, see text.

Anomalopus is the genus of worm-skinks, smallish smooth-scaled burrowing lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to the eastern half of Australia. The genus belongs to a clade in the Sphenomorphus group which contains such genera as Ctenotus and the close relatives Eulamprus and Gnypetoscincus (Austin & Arnold 2006).

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.

• Anomalopus brevicollis Greer & Cogger, 1985 – short-necked worm-skink (NE Australia)
• Anomalopus gowi Greer & Cogger, 1985 – speckled worm-skink (NE Australia)
• Anomalopus leuckartii (Weinland, 1862) – two-clawed worm-skink (eastern Australia)
• Anomalopus mackayi, Greer & Cogger, 1985 – five-clawed worm-skink (eastern Australia)
• Anomalopus pluto Ingram, 1977 – Cape York worm-skink (NE Australia)
• Anomalopus swansoni Greer & Cogger, 1985 – punctate worm-skink (east coastal Australia)
• Anomalopus verreauxii A.M.C. Dumeril & A.H.A. Dumeril, 1851 – three-clawed worm-skink

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

References

• Austin JJ, Arnold EN (2006). "Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
• Duméril AMC, Duméril AHA (1851). Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptiles du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Paris: Gide & Baudry/Roret. 224 pp. (Anomalopus, new genus, p. 185). (in French).
• Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.