Papuascincus eldorado

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

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Papuascincus
Species: Papuascincus eldorado

Name

Papuascincus eldorado Slavenko, Richards, Donnellan, Allison & Oliver, 2024: 136

• Holotype: QM J97880 (field number PMO 41), adult ♂, collected by P.M. Oliver, M. Sale and K. Aplin on 8 May 2013.
• Type locality: “approximately 9 km east of Kiangibip Village, P’nyang Range, Western Province, Papua New Guinea (5.51°S, 141.57°E, 760 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Slavenko, A., Richards, S.J., Donnellan, S.C., Allison, A. & Oliver, P.M. 2024. Gold in the mountains: Striking new species of Papuascincus (Sphenomorphini: Scincidae) from New Guinea. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 133–149. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e112782 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Golden Mountain Skink