Papuascincus morokanus (PARKER, 1936)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Lobulia morokana (PARKER 1936) Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) morokanum — SMITH 1937: 225 Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) stanleyanum morokanum — LOVERIDGE 1948: 359 Lobulia morokana — GREER 1974: 9 Papuascincus morokanus — ALLISON & GREER 1986 Papuascincus morokanus — SLAVENKO et al. 2020 Papuascincus morokanus — SLAVENKO et al. 2021
Distribution	Papua New Guinea Type locality: Moroka
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.6.93 (formerly 97.12.10.52), Moroka, British New Guinea, collected Dr L. Loria.
Diagnosis
Comment
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 Parker, H.W. 1936. A collection of reptiles and amphibians from the mountains of British New Guinea. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (10) 17: 66-93 - get paper here Slavenko, A., Tamar, K., Tallowin, O. J. S., Allison, A., Kraus, F., Carranza, S. and Meiri, S. 2020. Cryptic diversity and non-adaptive radiation of montane New Guinea skinks (Papuascincus; Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 146: 106749 - 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
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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