Gymnophthalmus (Merrem 1820) extant, commonly referred to as a tegu or a microteiid due to its small size. Here, derived from a sister to Chalcides, Gymnophthalmus was a sister to Sirenoscincus and later burrowing skinks and amphisbaenids.

Distinct from Chalcides, the skull of Gymnophthalmus had a shorter rostrum, but a longer premaxilla, especially the ascending process, which split the nasals and contacted the frontals. The quadrate was curved, not sharply bent. The internal nares open medially.

Gymnophthalmus has a cylindrical body, short, small limbs, recessed ear openings and the medial finger, digit 1 is greatly reduced. Visually this lizard had but four fingers.

Corucia zebrata (Gray 1855) is the extant Soloman Islands skink, the largest known extant species of skink. Long teeth distinguish this herbivorous genus. The tail is prehensile. This is one of the few species of reptile to live in communal groups. Rather than laying eggs, relatively large young are born after developing within a placenta. Single babies are typical. Twins are rare.

Do not confuse this genus with Carusia.

Conrad JL, Ast JC, Montanari S, and Norell MA 2010. A combined evidence phylogenetic analysis of Anguimorpha (Reptilia: Squamata). Cladistics, no.
doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00330.x

Gray JE 1855. (1856). New Genus of Fish-scaled Lizards (Scissosaræ), from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 18: 345–346.
(Corucia, new genus, p. 346; Corucia zebrata, new species, p. 346).

Merrem B 1820. Versuch cines Systems Amphihien Tentamen Systcmatis Amphibiorum. Marburg, Krieger.

Romer AS 1956. Osteology of the Reptiles University of Chicago Press: 1- 772.

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