Papua snake lizard

Papua snake lizard
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Pygopodidae
Genus:	Lialis
Species:	L. jicari
Binomial name
	Lialis jicari; Boulenger, 1903
Synonyms
	Alopecosaurus cuneirostris; Lindholm, 1905; Alopecosaurus cuneirostris var. inornata; Lindholm, 1905;

Last updated October 05, 2025

The Papua snake lizard (Lialis jicari), also known commonly as Jicar's snake-lizard, the New Guinea snake-lizard, and the Papua snake-lizard, is a species of legless lizard in the family Pygopodidae.^[1]^[2] The species is endemic to New Guinea including the Bismarck Archipelago.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, jicari, is in honor of Mr. A.H. Jiear, a Resident Magistrate in British New Guinea, who presented the holotype to the British Museum (Natural History). Boulenger misread the donor's surname as "Jicar".^[3]

Habitat

L. jicari is found in a variety of habitats including freshwater wetlands, grassland, shrubland, savanna, and forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,600 m (5,200 ft).^[1]

Description

L. jicari is limbless. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 31 cm (12 in), with a tail length of 50 cm (20 in). It has 22 scales around the middle of the body, seven preanal pores, and six anal scales.^[4]

Reproduction

L. jicari is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 O'Shea, M.; Parker, F.; Oliver, P.; Tallowin, O.; Allison, A. (2015). "Lialis jicari ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T196589A2463552. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T196589A2463552.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
1 2 Lialis jicari at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 April 2021.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lialis jicari, p. 134).
↑ de Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E.J. Brill. iv + 384 pp. (Lialis jicari, pp. 64–66, Figure 41).

Boulenger GA (1903). "Descriptions of new Lizards in the Collection of British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series12: 429–435. (Lialis jicari, new species, p. 430).
Neill WT (1957). "Notes on the Pygopodid Lizards Lialis burtoni and L. jicari ". Copeia1957 (3): 230–232.
Rösler H (1995). Geckos der Welt: Alle Gattungen. Leipzig: Urania Verlag. 256 pp. ISBN 978-3332005493. (Lialis jicari, p. 88). (in German).

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 4 O'Shea, M.; Parker, F.; Oliver, P.; Tallowin, O.; Allison, A. (2015). "Lialis jicari ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T196589A2463552. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T196589A2463552.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 Lialis jicari at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 April 2021.

[3] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lialis jicari, p. 134).

[4] Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E.J. Brill. iv + 384 pp. (Lialis jicari, pp. 64–66, Figure 41).

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