| Ornithuroscincus bengaun | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Ornithuroscincus |
| Species: | O. bengaun |
| Binomial name | |
| Ornithuroscincus bengaun Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus [fr], Allison, Carranza, & Meiri, 2021 | |
Ornithuroscincus bengaun is a species of skink endemic to Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. It is only known from its type locality in the Owen Stanley Range.
The holotype, an adult male, measures 48 mm (1.9 in) in snout–vent length. No other specimens are known.
References
- ^ Slavenko, Alex; Tamar, Karin; Tallowin, Oliver J S; Kraus, Fred; Allison, Allen; Carranza, Salvador & Meiri, Shai (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.
- ^ Ornithuroscincus bengaun at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2021.
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| Ornithuroscincus bengaun | |
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