| Prasinohaema parkeri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Prasinohaema |
| Species: | P. parkeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Prasinohaema parkeri (Smith, 1937) | |
Parker's green tree skink (Prasinohaema parkeri) is a species of skink found in New Guinea. [1]
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards.
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.
Green tree skink can refer to several skink species:
Hampton Wildman Parker was an English zoologist.
Green blood may refer to:
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Rickettsia parkeri is a Gram-negative intracellular bacterium. R. parkeri causes mild spotted fever disease in humans,, characterized by headache, rash, fever, and an eschar at the site of tick attachment. It is transmitted via tick bite and found mainly in the Western Hemisphere. Doxycycline and chloramphenicol are the most common drugs of choice for reducing the symptoms associated with disease caused by R. parkeri.
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The prehensile green tree skink is a species of skink. It is found in Papua New Guinea.
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