Papuascincus stanleyanus

Papuascincus stanleyanus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Papuascincus
Species:	P. stanleyanus
Binomial name
	Papuascincus stanleyanus; (Boulenger, 1897)
Synonyms
	Lygosoma stanleyanum ; Boulenger, 1897; Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) stanleyanum ; — M.A. Smith, 1937; Lobulia stanleyana ; — Greer, 1974; Papuascincus stanleyanus ; — Allison & Greer, 1986;

Papuascincus stanleyanus is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Guinea.^[3]

Etymology[]

The specific name, stanleyanus, refers to the Owen Stanley Range.^[4]

Foreign language common names[]

P. stanleyanus is known as kls or mabdagol in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.^[5]

Habitat[]

Papuascincus stanleyanus is commensal with humans, and is often found in human settlements. In the Upper Kaironk Valley of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, it is the most common small lizard found in houses.^[5]

Reproduction[]

C. stanleyanus is oviparous.^[3]

References[]

^ Tallowin, O., Shea, G. & Allison, A. 2015. Papuascincus stanleyanus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T42485077A42485084. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42485077A42485084.en. Downloaded on 01 July 2020.
^ Boulenger GA (1897). "Descriptions of new Lizards and Frogs from Mount Victoria, Owen Stanley Range, New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. S. Anthony". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 19: 6–13 + Plates I–II. (Lygosoma stanleyanum, new species, pp. 7–8 + Plate I, figure 2).
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Papuascincus stanleyanus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Papuascincus stanleyanus, p. 251).
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Bulmer RNH (1975). "Kalam Classification Of Reptiles And Fishes". Journal of the Polynesian Society 84 (3): 267–308.