Lygisaurus novaeguineae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Lygisaurus novaeguineae (Meyer, 1874)

Holotype: MTD. [destroyed during WWII]
Neotype: BPBM 3768, adult ♂, collected by J.L. Gressitt on 9 July 1962. [designated by Kraus (2007: 410)]
Type locality: “Neu-Guinea”, restricted to “Rubi auf Neu-Guinea” by Meyer (1887: 3); redesigned by neotype designation to “Nabire, south coast of Cenderawasih (Geelvink) Bay, 3.37° S, 135.48° E, 3 m elevation, Irian Jaya, Indonesia” by Kraus (2007: 410).

Lygosoma (Carlia) novaeguineae Meyer, 1874: 132 [original combination]
Carlia novaeguineae — Mittleman, 1952 [subsequent combination]
Lygisaurus novaeguineae — Ingram & Covacevich, 1988: 445 [subsequent combination, by implication]

Meyer, A.B. 1874. Übersicht über die von mir auf Neu-Guinea und den Inseln Jobi, Mysore und Mafoor im Jahre 1873 gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 128–140. BHL

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lygisaurus novaeguineae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 April 2020.
Tallowin, O. & Shea, G. 2015. IUCN: Lygisaurus novaeguineae (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T42483381A42483388. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42483381A42483388.en

English: Papuan Litter-skink