Lobulia

Genus of reptiles

Lobulia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Lobulia
Greer, 1974
Species

7, see text.

Lobulia is a genus of skinks in the subfamily Eugongylinae.[1] The genus Lobulia is endemic to New Guinea.[2][3]

Species

There are 7 species:[2]

  • Lobulia brongersmai (Zweifel, 1972) - Brongersma's lobulia
  • Lobulia elegans (Boulenger, 1897) - elegant lobulia
  • Lobulia fortis Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza, & Meiri, 2021
  • Lobulia huonensis Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza, & Meiri, 2021
  • Lobulia lobulus (Loveridge, 1945) - elegant lobulia
  • Lobulia marmorata Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza, & Meiri, 2021
  • Lobulia vogelkopensis Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza, & Meiri, 2021

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lobulia.

References

  1. ^ Uetz, P.; Freed, P.; Hošek, J. (eds.). "Eugongylinae". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b Lobulia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 August 2013.
  3. ^ Greer AE [in French], Allison A [in French], Cogger HG (2005). "Four new species of Lobulia (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from high altitude in New Guinea". Herpetological Monographs. 19: 153–179. doi:10.1655/0733-1347(2005)019[0153:FNSOLL]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85728933.

Further reading

  • Greer AE Jr (1974). "The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series (31): 1-67. (Lobulia, new genus, pp. 9–10 + Figures 4, 19, 41, 43).
Taxon identifiers
Lobulia


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