# Notoscincus

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Genus of lizards

Notoscincus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Subfamily: Sphenomorphinae Genus: Notoscincus Fuhn, 1969[1]

***Notoscincus*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [skinks](/source/Skink). They are commonly known as **soil-crevice skinks** or **snake-eyed skinks**.

## Species

- *[Notoscincus butleri](/source/Notoscincus_butleri)* [Storr](/source/Glen_Milton_Storr), 1979 – lined soil-crevice skink

- *[Notoscincus ornatus](/source/Notoscincus_ornatus)* ([Broom](/source/Robert_Broom), 1896) – ornate soil-crevice skink

*[Nota bene](/source/Nota_bene)*: A [binomial authority](/source/Binomial_nomenclature) in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than *Notoscincus*.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "*Notoscincus* ". *Dahms Tierleben*. [http://www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/sphenomorphinae](http://www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/sphenomorphinae).

## Further reading

- [Fuhn IE](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Eduard_Fuhn) (1969). "Revision and redefinition of the genus *Ablepharus* Lichtenstein, 1823 (Reptilia, Scincidae)". *Revue Roumaine de Biologie, Zoologie* **14**: 23–41. (*Notoscincus*, new genus).

## External links

More research can be found at:

- [http://srs.embl-heidelberg.de:8000/srs5bin/cgi-bin/wgetz?%5BREPTILIA-Species:Notoscincus*%5D](http://srs.embl-heidelberg.de:8000/srs5bin/cgi-bin/wgetz?%5BREPTILIA-Species:Notoscincus*%5D)

- [http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/faunabase/_asp_bin/CheckListcx.asp?d=Reptiles#72](http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/faunabase/_asp_bin/CheckListcx.asp?d=Reptiles#72)

Taxon identifiers Notoscincus Wikidata: Q3018501 Wikispecies: Notoscincus ADW: Notoscincus AFD: Notoscincus CoL: 65JX EoL: 14887 GBIF: 2460989 iNaturalist: 37884 IRMNG: 1206555 NCBI: 220787 Open Tree of Life: 508439

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