''Fojia'' is a
monotypic genus of
skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...
s: the sole species is ''Fojia bumui'',
also known as the fojia skink. It is
endemic to
New Guinea where it is restricted to the
Morobe Province on the northern coast of
Papua New Guinea.
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References
Skinks
Skinks of New Guinea
Endemic fauna of Papua New Guinea
Monotypic lizard genera
Taxa named by Allen Eddy Greer
Taxa named by Martin Simon (herpetologist)
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