Prasinohaema prehensicauda (LOVERIDGE, 1945)
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Prasinohaema prehensicauda
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Prehensile Green Tree Skink |
| Synonym | Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) prehensicauda LOVERIDGE 1945 Scincella prehensicauda — WOODRUFF 1972 Prasinohaema prehensicauda — GREER 1974 Prasinohaema prehensicauda — PIANKA & VITT 2003 Prasinohaema prehensicauda — KRAUS 2013 Prasinohaema prehensicauda — SLAVENKO et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay Prov.: E slope Mt. Suckling, Sota, 9.7580°S, 149.1822°E, 1860 m elevation; Mt. Kaindi, Owen Stanley Range) (Kraus 2013, Gressitt and Nadkarni 1978) Type locality: “between 7500-8000 feet on Mount Wilhelm, Bismarck Range, Madang Division, New Guinea” (elevation) |
| Reproduction | ovoviviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 47057 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Referable to the section 'Leiolopisma as redefined by Malcolm Smith (1987, Rec. Indian Mus., 39, p. 223) in his section B.b., though snout might well be called subacuminate. Related, though not closely except in scale-counts, to L. anoliB (Boulenger) of the Solomons. L. prehenaicauda is a larger, stouter species with a blunter, less acuminate, snout than that of anolia; the toes o( the adpressed hind limb are widely separated from the fingers of the backward pressed forelimb, certainly not reaching to the elbow as in the slender-limbed anolia. The parietals are well separated by the interparietal; there are no definite nuchals; the dorsals are striated, not smooth; and the peculiar subcaudal scalation of prehensicauda is lacking in our extensive series of anolia. In the following description paratype variations are given in parentheses (Loveridge 1945: 48). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3751 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: for a map of localities see Slavenko et al. 2025: 219 (Fig. 6). |
| Etymology | From the Latin prehendo (sieze) plus cauda (tail), in reference to the shape and presumed function of the tail. “Tail stout, cylindrical, slightly longer than head and body, on the underside towards the tip are a series of about 28, brown, slightly swollen, transverse shields which, taken in conjunction with the curled tip, suggest that they supplement a grasping organ” (Loveridge, 1945). |
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