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    Species Accepted

    Lygisaurus curtus (Boulenger, 1897)

    Mount Victoria Litter-skink
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Lygisaurus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Mount Victoria Litter-skink English
      New Guinea Short Litter Skink English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      13 results
      Kraus, F. (2007). Taxonomic partitioning within Papuan members of the Carlia novaeguineae complex (Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Herpetology 41: 410–423.
      Cogger H.G., Cameron EE & Cogger HM. (1983). Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Volume 1: AMPHIBIA AND REPTILIA. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
      Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton, M.; [...] Uetz, P.; Wagner, P.; Roll, U. & Meiri, S. (2022). A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16.
      Ingram G, & Covacevich J. (1988). Revision of the genus Lygisaurus de Vis (Scincidae: Reptilia) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25 (2): 335-354.
      Uetz, P. H., Patel, M., Gbadamosi, Z., Nguyen, A., & Shoope, S. (2024). A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732.
      Goldberg, S R & Bursey, C R; (2019). Lygisaurus curtus Endoparasites. Herpetological Review 50 (3): 579-580.
      Loveridge, A. (1948). New Guinean reptiles and amphibians in the Museum of Comparative Zoology and United States National Museum. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 101 (2): 305-430.
      PROBST, T., FRANDSEN, P. B., & WHITING, A. (2025). Chasing the Rainbow: Decoupled phenotypic and genotypic evolution in New Guinea’s rainbow skinks (Squamata: Scincidae). Zootaxa 5583(2): 309-327.
      Boulenger, G. A. (1897). Descriptions of new lizards and frogs from Mount Victoria, Owen Stanley Range, New Guinea, collected by Mr A. S. Anthony. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 19: 6-13.
      Parker, H. W. (1936). A collection of reptiles and amphibians from the mountains of British New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 17: 66-93.

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