Lygisaurus novaeguineae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Lygisaurus novaeguineae (Meyer, 1874)

Holotype: MTD. [destroyed during WWII]
Neotype: BPBM 3768, adult ♂, collected by J.L. Gressitt on 9 July 1962. [designated by Kraus (2007: 410)]
Type locality: “Neu-Guinea”, restricted to “Rubi auf Neu-Guinea” by Meyer (1887: 3); redesigned by neotype designation to “Nabire, south coast of Cenderawasih (Geelvink) Bay, 3.37° S, 135.48° E, 3 m elevation, Irian Jaya, Indonesia” by Kraus (2007: 410).

Lygosoma (Carlia) novaeguineae Meyer, 1874: 132 [original combination]
Carlia novaeguineae — Mittleman, 1952 [subsequent combination]
Protervascincus novaeguineae — Wells & Wellington, 1985: 101 [subsequent combination]
Lygisaurus novaeguineae — Ingram & Covacevich, 1988: 445 [subsequent combination]

Meyer, A.B. 1874. Übersicht über die von mir auf Neu-Guinea und den Inseln Jobi, Mysore und Mafoor im Jahre 1873 gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 128–140. BHL
Ingram, G. & Covacevich, J. 1988. Revision of the genus Lygisaurus De Vis (Scincidae : Reptilia). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25(2): 335–354. BHL Reference page.
Kraus, F. 2007. Taxonomic partitioning within Papuan members of the Carlia novaeguineae complex (Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Herpetology 41(3): 410–423. DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2007)41[410:TPWPMO]2.0.CO;2

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Lygisaurus novaeguineae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 April 2020.
Tallowin, O. & Shea, G. 2015. IUCN: Lygisaurus novaeguineae (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T42483381A42483388. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42483381A42483388.en. Accessed on 17 July 2025.