Papuascincus buergersi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Papuascincus |
| Species: | P. buergersi
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| Binomial name | |
| Papuascincus buergersi (T. Vogt, 1932)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, buergersi, is in honor of German zoologist Theodore Joseph Bürgers (1881–1954).[3]
Geographic range edit
P. buergersi is found in the Sepik River basin, Papua New Guinea.[1]
Behavior edit
P. buergersi is terrestrial.[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Shea G (2021). "Papuascincus buergersi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T42485036A165018450.en. Accessed on 30 December 2022.
- ^ a b c Papuascincus buergersi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
- ^ 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 buergersi, p. 42).
Further reading edit
- Allison A, Greer AE (1986). "Egg Shells with Pustulate Surface Structures: Basis for a New Genus of New Guinea Skinks (Lacertilia: Scincidae)". Journal of Herpetology 20 (1): 116–119. (Papuascincus buergersi, new combination).
- Greer AE (1974). "The generic relationships of the Scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplemental Series 22 (31): 1–67. (Lobulia buergersi, new combination).
- Smith MA (1937). "A Review of the Genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its Allies". Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213–234. (Emoia buergersi, new combination, p. 227).
- Vogt T (1932). "Beitrag zur Reptilienfauna der ehemaligen Kolonie Deutsch-Neuguinea". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 5–7: 281–294. (Lygosoma buergersi, new species, p. 292). (in German).
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