Lobulia

Lobulia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Subfamily:Lygosominae
Genus:Lobulia
Greer, 1974
Species

Six, see text.

Lobulia is a genus of skinks in the subfamily Lygosominae. The genus Lobulia is endemic to New Guinea.[1][2]

Species

There are six species:[1]

  • Lobulia alpina Greer, Allison & Cogger, 2005
  • Lobulia brongersmai (Zweifel, 1972)
  • Lobulia elegans (Boulenger, 1897)
  • Lobulia glacialis Greer, Allison & Cogger, 2005
  • Lobulia stellaris Greer, Allison & Cogger, 2005
  • Lobulia subalpina Greer, Allison & Cogger, 2005

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

References

  1. 1 2 Lobulia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. ↑ Greer AE, Allison A, Cogger HG (2005). "Four new species of Lobulia (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from high altitude in New Guinea". Herpetological Monographs. 19: 153–179. doi:10.1655/0733-1347(2005)019[0153:FNSOLL]2.0.CO;2.

Further reading

  • Greer AE Jr (1974). "The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series (31): 1-67. (Lobulia, new genus, pp. 9–10 + Figures 4, 19, 41, 43).


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