| Ornithuroscincus bengaun | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| 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 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.
- 1 2 Ornithuroscincus bengaun at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2021.
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