Ornithuroscincus albodorsalis (VOGT, 1932)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Lygosoma albodorsale VOGT 1932: 287 Lipinia albodorsalis — SHEA & GREER 2002 Lipinia albodorsalis — DAS & AUSTIN 2007 Ornithuroscincus albodorsalis — SLAVENKO et al. 2021 |
Distribution | Papua New Guinea (Sepik Province)
Type locality: “Neu Guinea”
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Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: ZMB 57262 |
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Comment | SVL to 54 mm; external ear opening present; seven supralabials; supralabial five in midorbital position; 22–25 midbody scale rows; 19–23 lamellae under toe IV; and dorsum pale yellow with a dark upper lateral stripe (from DAS & AUSTIN 2007). |
References |
- Das, I. & Austin, C.C. 2007. New Species of Lipinia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Borneo, Revealed by Molecular and Morphological Data. Journal of Herpetology 41 (1): 61 - get paper here
- Shea, Glenn M. and Allen E. Greer 2002. From Sphenomorphus to Lipinia: Generic reassignment of two poorly known New Guinea skinks. Journal of Herpetology 36 (2): 148-156 - get paper here
- Slavenko, Alex, Karin Tamar, Oliver J. S. Tallowin, Fred Kraus, Allen Allison, Salvador Carranza & Shai Meiri. 2021. Revision of the montane New Guinean skink genus Lobulia (Squamata: Scincidae), with the description of four new genera and nine new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195 (1): 220–278 - get paper here
- Vogt,T. 1932. Beitrag zur Reptilienfauna der ehemaligen Kolonie Deutsch-Neuguinea. Sitzungsber. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5-7: 281-294
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