Ornithuroscincus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Ornithuroscincus
Species (9): O. albodorsalis – O. bengaun – O. inornatus – O. noctua – O. nototaenia – O. pterophilus – O. sabini – O. shearmani – O. viridis

Name

Ornithuroscincus Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri, 2021: 241

• Type species: Lobulia sabini Kraus, 2020, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Slavenko, A., Tamar, K., Tallowin, O.J.S., Kraus, F., Allison, A., Carranza, S. & Meiri, S.. [2021] 2022. Revision of the montane New Guinean skink genus Lobulia (Squamata: Scincidae), with the description of four new genera and nine new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195(1): 220–278. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab052 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kraus, F. 2020. A new species of Lobulia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4779(2): 201–214. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.2.3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Smooth-eared Skinks