NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Translucent Litter-skink
Lygisaurus macfarlani (Günther, 1877)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Lygisaurus macfarlani, also known commonly as the translucent litter-skink, and MacFarlan's skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to northeastern Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Wikipedia contributors, Lygisaurus macfarlani; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:01:35.800150+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lygisaurus macfarlani (Günther, 1877)
- Name authority
- (Günther, 1877)
- Common name
- Translucent Litter-skink
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Lygisaurus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyScincidae
- subfamilyEugongylinae
- genusLygisaurus
- speciesLygisaurus macfarlani (Günther, 1877)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lygisaurus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lygisaurus curtus (Boulenger, 1897) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rainbow-skinkLygisaurus foliorum de Vis, 1884 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rainforest Edge Litter-skinkLygisaurus laevis (Oudemans, 1894) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red-tailed Litter-skinkLygisaurus malleolus (Roberts, Couper, Worthington-Wilmer, Amey & Zug, 2005) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lygisaurus novaeguineae (Meyer, 1874) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fire-tailed Rainbow-skinkLygisaurus parrhasius (Couper, Covacevich & Lethbridge, 1994) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crevice Rainbow-skinkLygisaurus rimula (Ingram & Covacevich, 1980) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Secretive Litter-skinkLygisaurus absconditus (Worthington-Wilmer, Couper, Amey, Zug & Roberts, 2005) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Large-disced Litter-skinkLygisaurus aeratus (Garman, 1901) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chillagoe Litter-skinkLygisaurus rococo Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Endeavour River Litter-skinkLygisaurus tanneri Ingram & Covacevich, 1988 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sun-loving Litter-skinkLygisaurus zuma Couper, 1993 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Carlia macfarlani Günther, 1877 Günther, 1877 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Lygisaurus&species=macfarlani Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3WPNP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.