Corucia zebrata

Corucia zebrata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Egerniinae
Genus: Corucia
Species: Corucia zebrata
Subspecies (2): C. z. alfredschmidti – C. z. zebrata

Name

Corucia zebrata Gray, 1855: 346

• Syntypes (2): BMNH 1946.8.21.91-92 (formerly 55.11.7.19 and 55.11.7.18), collected John Macgillivray, date unknown.
• Type locality: “New Guinea, the Island of San Christoval [=Cristobal]”.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1855. New genus of fish-scaled lizards (Scissosarae) from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 2, 18: 345–346. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Corucia zebrata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 October 2019.

Vernacular names

• English: Solomon Island Skink, Prehensile-tailed Skink
• 日本語: オマキトカゲ