Prasinohaema flavipes (PARKER, 1936)
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Prasinohaema flavipes
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Common Green Tree Skink |
| Synonym | Lygosoma flavipes PARKER 1936: 89 Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) flavipes — SMITH 1937: 224 Sphenomorphus flavipes — WOODRUFF 1972 Prasinohaema flavipes — GREER 1974: 12 Prasinohaema flavipes — MYS 1988: 141 Prasinohaema flavipes — KRAUS 2010 Prasinohaema flavipes — RODRIGUEZ et al. 2018 Prasinohaema flavipes — SLAVENKO et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea, elevation 1400-2000 m Type locality: Mondo, Papua (5000 ft. elevation) |
| Reproduction | ovoviviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.17.75 (formerly 1935.5.10.149 as cited by Parker, 1936: 89), female |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus): Large (adult SVL up to 103 mm; Meiri, 2018) arboreal skinks with short limbs (forelimbs 27.7–31.4% of SVL, hindlimbs 29.9–34.1% of SVL); lobules present on anterior edge of ear opening; two pairs of chin shields in medial contact; three supralabials posterior to subocular supralabial; chin shields separated from infralabials by a row of genials; lower eyelid with window variable in size, opaqueness and scaliness; temporal region fragmented (> 3 scales); nasal scale undivided; frontoparietals unfused; viviparous; litter size 2–9; green blood serum and tissues; tail prehensile with a glandular tip; subdigital lamellae greatly expanded basally. Prasinohaema differs from Lobulia and Papuascincus by having green blood serum and tissues (Greer, 1974), a prehensile tail with a glandular tip and basally expanded subdigital lamellae, by having the chin shields separated from the infralabials by a row of genials (vs. chin shields abutting the 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, an undivided (vs. divided) nasal scale and by its viviparous (vs. oviparous) reproductive mode. |
| Comment | Type Species: Lygosoma flavipes is the type species of the genus Prasinohaema GREER 1974. Phylogenetics: Genome comparisons revealed that the species of Prasinohaema are not closely related (Rodriguez et al. 2018). For instance, P. virens is most closely related to Lipinia longiceps. However, Rodriguez et al. 2018 do not make any taxonomic recommendations in their paper (in which they also mention two new Prasinohaema species, without further details). |
| Etymology | Named after the yellow (Latin “flavus”) soles of the feet (Latin pes). The genus has been named after its green (Greek “prasinos”) blood (Greek “haima”) pigment. |
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