Biology:Lobulia

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Short description: Genus of reptiles

Lobulia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Lobulia
Greer, 1974
Species

7, see text.

Lobulia is a genus of skinks in the subfamily Eugongylinae.[1] The genus Lobulia is endemic to New Guinea.[2][3]

Species

There are 7 species:[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lobulia.

References

  1. Uetz, P.; Freed, P.; Hošek, J., eds. "Eugongylinae". http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?taxon=Eugongylinae&exact%5B0%5D=taxon&submit=search. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lobulia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 August 2013.
  3. "Four new species of Lobulia (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from high altitude in New Guinea". Herpetological Monographs 19: 153–179. 2005. doi:10.1655/0733-1347(2005)019[0153:FNSOLL2.0.CO;2]. 

Further reading

  • Greer AE Jr (1974). "The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series (31): 1-67. (Lobulia, new genus, pp. 9–10 + Figures 4, 19, 41, 43).

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