| Prasinohaema flavipes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Prasinohaema |
| Species: | P. flavipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Prasinohaema flavipes (Parker, 1936) | |
Papuascincus flavipes, also known as the common green tree skink, is a species of skink found in Papua New Guinea. [2]
Papuascincus flavipes is an arboreal species. [3]
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The Christmas Island forest skink, also known as the Christmas Island whiptail skink, is an extinct species of skink formerly endemic to Australia's Christmas Island. As of 2017, it is listed as extinct on the IUCN Red List. The last known forest skink, a captive individual named Gump, died on 31 May 2014.
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Sphenomorphinae is a large subfamily of skinks, lizards within the family Scincidae. The genera in this subfamily were previously found to belong to the Sphenomorphus group in the large subfamily Lygosominae.
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Papuascincus phaeodes is a species of skink found in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
Parker's green tree skink is a species of skink found in New Guinea.
Semon's green tree skink is a species of skink found in New Guinea.
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