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Issue: Vol. 5621 No. 2: 15 Apr. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-04-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.3
Page range: 211-230
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A new species of montane Prasinohaema (Sphenomorphini: Scincidae) from the South-fold Mountains of New Guinea

Cesar Australia, Brunswick, Victoria 3056, Australia
Sydney School of Veterinary Science, B01, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia; Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 10 William St, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia
Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 10 William St, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia; Herpetology Department, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia, and Biodiversity and Geosciences, Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Queensland 3300, Australia
Central Cordillera ecological plasticity Lobulia group skink taxonomy Reptilia

Abstract

Over the last two decades herpetofauna surveys in the South-fold mountains of central New Guinea have revealed many new and locally endemic species. Here, we describe a new species of skink in the genus Prasinohaema from three montane localities in Papua New Guinea’s central ranges spanning approximately 80 km between the Muller Range in the northwest and the Tari Gap in the southeast. Genetic evidence indicates that Prasinohaema scurrula sp. nov. is most closely related to two other predominantly montane species of Prasinohaema, including the type species for the genus P. flavipes. It can be readily distinguished from other Prasinohaema by aspects of body size and proportions, scalation of head and digits, and colouration. The new species is likely arboreal as the paratype was collected in a tree canopy. This could explain the scarcity of observations in a relatively well-sampled region. Despite the small number of known localities there appears to be extensive suitable habitat for this species in the region and there are no major current threats, so we suggest an IUCN status of Least Concern. To facilitate further taxonomic work on Australasian skinks we also provide preferred definitions and names for key scalation states which have been variably defined and/or assigned different names in previous literature.

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Slavenko, A., Shea, G.M., Richards, S.J. & Oliver, P.M. (2025) A new species of montane Prasinohaema (Sphenomorphini: Scincidae) from the South-fold Mountains of New Guinea. Zootaxa, 5621 (2), 211–230. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.3