Lobulia
genus of reptiles
Lobulia is a genus of skinks in the subfamily Eugongylinae. The genus Lobulia is endemic to New Guinea.
Species
There are 7 species:
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
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).
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