| Prasinohaema flavipes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Prasinohaema |
| Species: | P. flavipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Prasinohaema flavipes (Parker, 1936) | |
The common green tree skink (Papuascincus flavipes) is a species of skink. It is found in Papua New Guinea. [2]
It is known as mañmol in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea. [3]
Papuascincus flavipes is an arboreal species. [3]
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Skinks are characterized by their smaller legs in comparison to typical lizards and are mostly found in different habitats except arctic and subarctic regions.
Papuascincus is a genus of skinks endemic to New Guinea.
Prasinohaema is a genus of skinks characterized by having green blood. This condition is caused by an excess buildup of the bile pigment biliverdin. Prasinohaema species have plasma biliverdin concentrations approximately 1.5-30 times greater than fish species with green blood plasma and 40 times greater than humans with green jaundice. The benefit provided by the high pigment concentration is unknown, but one possibility is that it protects against malaria.
The green-blooded skink, sometimes (ambiguously) known as "green tree skink", is a scincid lizard species native to New Guinea. The species is poorly studied and the species' risk of extinction has not been evaluated by the World Conservation Union, and does not appear in any CITES appendix.
The gray-bellied tree mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Papua New Guinea.
Kalam is a Kalam language of Papua New Guinea. It is closely related to Kobon, and shares many of the features of that language. Kalam is spoken in Middle Ramu District of Madang Province and in Mount Hagen District of Western Highlands Province.
Sphenomorphus darlingtoni is a species of skink. It is found in Papua New Guinea.
Sphenomorphus jobiensis is a species of skink. It is found in New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, and eastern Indonesia.
Sphenomorphus leptofasciatus is a species of skink. It is found in Papua New Guinea.
Papuascincus stanleyanus is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Guinea.
The prehensile green tree skink is a species of skink. It is found in Papua New Guinea.
The elegant lobulia is a species of skink found in New Guinea.
Hypsilurus nigrigularis is a species of agamid lizard. It is found in New Guinea.
Emoia baudini, also known commonly as Baudin's emo skink, Baudin's skink, and the Great Bight cool-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to New Guinea, Maluku, and Sulawesi.
De Vis's emo skink is a species of skink. It is found in New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago.
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.
Papuascincus buergersi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea.
Papuascincus morokanus is a species of skink found in Papua New Guinea.
Papuascincus phaeodes is a species of skink found in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
Semon's green tree skink is a species of skink found in New Guinea.
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