Prasinohaema semoni (OUDEMANS, 1894)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Semon's Green Tree Skink
Synonym	Lygosoma semoni OUDEMANS 1894: 142 Lygosoma semoni — BOULENGER 1895: 29 Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) semoni — SMITH 1937: 224 Leiolopisma semoni — DAAN & HILLENIUS 1966: 133 Prasinohaema semoni — GREER 1974
Distribution	Papua New Guinea Type locality: New Guinea
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: ZMA.RENA 10993
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Comment
Etymology	Named after the collector, R. Semon.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Boulenger, G. A. 1895. On a collection of reptiles and batrachians from Ferguson Island, D'Entrecasteaux group British New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 16: 28-32 - get paper here Daan, S. & Hillenius,D. 1966. Catalogue of the type specimens of amphibians and reptiles in the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam. Beaufortia 13: 117-144 Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 1-67. - get paper here Oudemans, J. Th. 1894. Eidechsen und Schildkröten. In Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena, 8:127—146 - get paper here Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
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