Nubeoscincus glacialis (GREER, ALLISON & COGGER, 2005)
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Nubeoscincus glacialis
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Lobulia glacialis GREER, ALLISON & COGGER 2005 Nubeoscincus glacialis — SLAVENKO et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Farak District, Irian Jaya) Type locality: Lake Wanagong, ca. 9 km (by air) N of Tembagapura town center, Farak District, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, elevation 3920 m. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: BPBM 14705 (Bernice P. Bishop Museum) |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus): Medium-sized (adult SVL 47.4–64.0 mm) terrestrial skinks with short limbs (forelimbs 28.7– 34.4% of SVL, hindlimbs 34.6–38.6% of SVL); lobules either present or absent from anterior edge of ear opening; two pairs of chin shields in medial contact; two supralabials posterior to subocular supralabial; chin shields separated from infralabials by a row of genials; lower eyelid with window of variable size, opaqueness and scaliness; temporal region fragmented (> 3 scales); nasal scale undivided; frontoparietals unfused; viviparous; litter size up to three. Nubeoscincus differs from Prasinohaema by lacking green blood serum and tissues (Greer, 1974), a prehensile tail with a glandular tip and basally expanded subdigital lamellae. It differs from Lobulia and Papuascincus by having the chin shields separated from the infralabials by a row of genials (vs. chin shields abutting infralabials) and by having a fragmented temporal region (vs. the standard three-scale arrangement). It further differs from Papuascincus by having two pairs of chin shields in medial contact (vs. one), unfused (vs. fused) frontoparietals, a viviparous (vs. oviparous) reproductive mode and an undivided (vs. divided) nasal scale (Slavenko et al. 2021). Additional details (438 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: Only known from the type locality. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). Type species: Lobulia glacialis GREER, ALLISON & COGGER 2005 is the type species of the genus Nubeoscincus SLAVENKO et al. 2021. |
| Etymology | Named after the high altitude distribution of the species which was found close to the glacier in the Sudirman (Carstenxz) Mountains of Indonesia’s Papua Province. |
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