Common garden skink

Common garden skink
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lampropholis
Species:
L. guichenoti
Binomial name
Lampropholis guichenoti
Synonyms
  • Lygosoma guichenoti
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Lygosoma duperreyii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (part)
  • Lygosoma (Mocoa) guttulatum
    W. Peters, 1881
  • Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) guichenoti
    — M.A. Smith, 1937
  • Lampropholis guichenoti
    — Greer, 1974

The common garden skink (Lampropholis guichenoti) is a small species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Additional common names for L. guichenoti include grass skink, Guichenot's grass skink, pale-flecked garden sunskink, and penny lizard.

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