Lobulia brongersmai (ZWEIFEL, 1972)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Brongersma's Lobulia
Synonym	Leiolopisma brongersmai ZWEIFEL 1972 Lobulia brongersmai — GREER 1974 Lobulia brongersmai — MYS 1988: 140 Lobulia brongersmai — GREER et al. 2005 Lobulia brongersmai — SLAVENKO et al. 2021
Distribution	New Guinea (lowlands below 1340 m elevation) Type locality: Wanuma, Adelbert Mountains, elevation 670 m (2200 ft), Madang District, Territory of Papua and New Guinea.
Reproduction	viviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: AMNH 105621
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A lizard of the genus Leiolopisma(in the sense of Greer, 1970a) that differs from other Leiolopisma of the New Guinea region in possessing the following combination of characters: maximum length from snout to vent, 59 mm; a single frontoparietal scale; 28 to 32 scales around midbody and 46 to 51 from occiput to rump; three or four rounded scales projecting from the anterior margin of the ear opening; dorsal colour pattern without light striping. Comparisons with similar species are made in a following section.
Comment
Etymology	Named after Leo Daniel Brongersma (1907-1994) [obituary in Copeia 1995: 513 and Zool. Med. Leiden 69: 177].
References	Allison A; Greer A E 1986. Egg shells with pustulate surface structures: basis for a new genus of New Guinea skinks (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Journal of Herpetology 20 (1): 116-119 - get paper here Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Greer, A.E.; Allison, A. & Cogger, H.G. 2005. Four new species of Lobulia (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from high altitude in New Guinea. Herpetological Monographs 19: 153-179 - 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 Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here Zweifel,R.G. 1972. A new scincid lizard of the genus Leiolopisma from New Guinea. Zoologische Mededelingen 47: 530-539 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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