Prasinohaema prehensicauda

The prehensile green tree skink (Prasinohaema prehensicauda) is a species of skink. It is found in Papua New Guinea.[2]

Prasinohaema prehensicauda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Prasinohaema
Species:
P. prehensicauda
Binomial name
Prasinohaema prehensicauda
(Loveridge, 1945)

Names

It is known as sydn in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea. Green P. prehensicauda are called sydn km, while brown ones are called sydn mlep.[3]

Habitat

It is an arboreal skink found in casuarinas and other second-growth trees.[3]

References

  1. Tallowin, O., Shea, G. & Allison, A. 2015. Prasinohaema prehensicauda. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T178273A21646431. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T178273A21646431.en. Downloaded on 05 July 2020.
  2. Prasinohaema prehensicauda at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
  3. Bulmer, RNH (1975). Kalam Classification Of Reptiles And Fishes. Journal of the Polynesian Society 84(3): 267–308.
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