Ornithuroscincus bengaun

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Ornithuroscincus bengaun
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Scinciformata
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Ornithuroscincus
Species:
O. bengaun
Binomial name
Ornithuroscincus bengaun
Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza, & Meiri, 2021 [1]

Ornithuroscincus bengaun is a species of skink endemic to Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. [2] It is only known from its type locality in the Owen Stanley Range. [1]

The holotype, an adult male, measures 48 mm (1.9 in) in snout–vent length. [1] [2] No other specimens are known. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Slavenko, Alex; Tamar, Karin; Tallowin, Oliver J S; Kraus, Fred; Allison, Allen; Carranza, Salvador & Meiri, Shai (2022) [2021]. "Revision of the montane New Guinean skink genus Lobulia (Squamata: Scincidae), with the description of four new genera and nine new species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 195 (1): 220–278. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab052.
  2. 1 2 Ornithuroscincus bengaun at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2021.