Neopalaia
| Neopalaia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Neopalaia Deshmukh, 2024 |
| Species: | N. pulchra
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| Binomial name | |
| Neopalaia pulchra (Boulenger, 1903)
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Neopalaia is a genus of skink found in Papua New Guinea. Slavenko et al. (2021) originally gave it the genus name Palaia,[2] although this is preoccupied by a flatworm genus. As such, Deshmukh (2024) proposed the new generic name Neopalaia.[3] The genus contains a single species, Neopalaia pulchra, named by George Albert Boulenger as a species of Lygosoma in 1903. Other authors have historically also included it in the genera Leiolopisma and Lipinia.[4]
References
- ^ Tallowin, O.; Shea, G. (2015). "Neopalaia pulchra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T42484881A42484888. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42484881A42484888.en. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
- ^ Slavenko, Alex; Tamar, Karin; Tallowin, Oliver J S; Kraus, Fred; Allison, Allen; Carranza, Salvador; Meiri, Shai (May 7, 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. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ^ Deshmukh, Umakant Bhoopati (July 18, 2024). "Neopalaia nom. nov., a new name for Palaia Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri, 2021 (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae)". Zootaxa. 5481 (4): 495–496. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5481.4.9. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ Neopalaia pulchra at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 05 January 2026.