''Papuascincus'' is a genus of
skink
Skinks are a type of lizard belonging to the family (biology), family Scincidae, a family in the Taxonomic rank, infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one o ...
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endemic
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to
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...
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["''Papuascincus'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.]
Species
The following 4
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
are recognized as being valid:
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Papuascincus buergersi''
( T. Vogt, 1932)
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Papuascincus morokanus''
( Parker, 1936)
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Papuascincus phaeodes''
( T. Vogt, 1932)
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Papuascincus stanleyanus
''Papuascincus stanleyanus'' is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Guinea.
Etymology
The specific name, ''stanleyanus'', refers to the Owen Stanley Range.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, M ...
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( Boulenger, 1897)
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Nota bene
( ; plural: ) is the Latin language, Latin phrase meaning ''note well''.
In manuscripts, ''nota bene'' is abbreviated in upper-case as NB and N.B., and in lower-case as n.b. and nb; the editorial usages of ''nota bene'' and ''notate bene'' fi ...
'': 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
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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).
Papuascincus
Skinks of New Guinea
Lizard genera
Endemic fauna of New Guinea
Taxa named by Allen Allison
Taxa named by Allen Eddy Greer
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