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Many
hundreds of species of lizard inhabit mainland Papua New Guinea, including an
astounding diversity of over 100 species of skink. Illustrated on these pages
are a few examples - mainly species from lower montane habitats in the central
mountain chain. There are numerous undescribed lizard species in PNG, and
doubtless many, many more new discoveries to be made in remote areas.
See also ...
Lizards of SE Asia
Skinks (Scincidae)
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Encounters with skinks in PNG are often just
fleeting glimpses of small, dark, slender lizards which flee from any
disturbance, however close-up photography reveals a huge diversity of forms,
many of which remain undescribed in scientific literature. Determining the
species of a skink based solely on photographs is very difficult : most of
the species illustrated below are only tentatively assigned to their genus.
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Carlia sp. 1
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Cryptoblepharus yulensis
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(?) Emoia sp. 1 ?
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(?) Emoia sp. 2
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(?) Emoia sp. 3
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Eugongylus cf. rufescens
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Lobulia elegans
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Papuascincus sp. 1
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Sphenomorphus sp. 1
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Unassigned sp. 1
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Grateful thanks go to Mark O'Shea for his
assistance in gamely identifying
some of these skinks to genus or species level, based purely on
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Unassigned sp. 2
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