Papuascincus
Papuascincus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Papuascincus Allison & Greer, 1986[1] |
Papuascincus is a genus of skinks endemic to New Guinea.[2]
Species
The following 4 species are recognized as being valid:[2]
- Papuascincus buergersi Allison & Greer, 1986
- Papuascincus morokanus (Parker, 1936)
- Papuascincus phaeodes (T. Vogt, 1932)
- Papuascincus stanleyanus (Boulenger, 1897)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Papuascincus.
Papuascincus buergersi (T. Vogt, 1932) is a synonym of Emoia atrocostata (Lesson, 1830).
References
Further reading
- Allison A, Greer AE (1986). "Egg shells with pustulate surface structures: basis for a new genus of New Guinea skinks (Lacertilia: Scincidae)". J. Herpetol. 20 (1): 116-119. (Papuascincus, new genus).
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