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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: July 28th, 2024.


Taxonomy of the family Scincidae
Bibliography of the genus Ornithuroscincus
Biodiversity of the family Scincidae








Genus
Ornithuroscincus

Smooth-eared Skinks

Glattohrenskinke

Glatøreskinker

2021 Ornithuroscincus Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri (type species: Lobulia sabini Kraus 2020)
Contents: 9 species, of which 8 (88.9%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Some species of this genus were previously assigned to Lipinia or Lobulia.
Distribution: E. Malay Archipelago, S. and W. Pacific Ocean.
Reported from: American Samoa, Cook Islands (incl. Rarotonga), Fiji (incl. Rotuma), French Polynesia, Guam, Indonesia (Halmahera, Java, Morotai, Talaud Islands, Ternate, Western New Guinea, Yapen), Kiribati, Marshall Islands (incl. Arno Atoll), Micronesia (incl. Pohnpei), Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Archipelago [Admiralty Islands (Manus), New Britain, New Ireland, Umboi], d'Entrecasteaux Islands [Fergusson, Normanby], Eastern New Guinea, Louisiade Archipelago, Woodlark, North Solomon Islands [Bougainville], Trobriand Islands), Solomon Islands (incl. Guadalcanal), Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu (incl. Espiritu Santo), Western Samoa.

Ornithuroscincus albodorsalis

White-backed Smooth-eared Skink, White-backed Striped Skink

Weissrücken-Glattohrenskink

Hvidrygget Glatøreskink

1932 Lygosoma albodorsale Vogt
Sphenomorphus albodorsale Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
Lipinia albodorsalis Shea & Greer 2002
Ornithuroscincus albodorsalis Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021

Distribution: Papua New Guinea (Eastern New Guinea).


Ornithuroscincus bengaun

Daga Smooth-eared Skink

Daga-Glattohrenskink

Daga-glatøreskink

2021 Ornithuroscincus bengaun Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri

Distribution: Papua New Guinea (Eastern New Guinea).





Ornithuroscincus inornatus

Plain Smooth-eared Skink

Schmuckloser Glattohrenskink

Prydløs Glatøreskink

2021 Ornithuroscincus inornatus Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri

Distribution: Papua New Guinea (Eastern New Guinea).





Ornithuroscincus noctua

Moth Skink, Pacific Moth Skink

Nachtfalterskink

Nætsværmerskink

1830 Scincus noctua Lesson
Lygosoma noctua Boulenger 1887
Leiolopisma noctua Stejneger 1899
Lipinia noctua Mittleman 1952
Ornithuroscincus noctua Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021
1860 Lygosoma vertebrale Hallowell (syn. Zweifel 1979)
1869 Euprepes novarae Steindachner (syn. Zweifel 1979)
1874 Lygosoma aurea Meyer (syn. Zweifel 1979)
1878 Lygosoma noctua var. ternatensis Peters & Doria
1895 Lygosoma miotis Boulenger (syn. Zweifel 1979)
1896 Lygosoma subnitens Boettger (syn. Zweifel 1979)

Remarks: Probably a species complex (Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998). A record from Java (Whitten & McCarthy 1993) is regarded as doubtful.
Introduced to: Pitcairn Islands, USA (Hawaii).
Distribution: American Samoa, Cook Islands (incl. Rarotonga), Fiji (incl. Rotuma), French Polynesia, Guam, Indonesia (Halmahera, Morotai, Talaud Islands, Ternate, Western New Guinea, Yapen), Kiribati, Marshall Islands (incl. Arno Atoll), Micronesia (incl. Pohnpei), Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Archipelago [Admiralty Islands (Manus), New Britain, New Ireland, Umboi], d'Entrecasteaux Islands [Fergusson, Normanby], Eastern New Guinea, Louisiade Archipelago, Woodlark, North Solomon Islands [Bougainville], Trobriand Islands), Solomon Islands (incl. Guadalcanal), Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu (incl. Espiritu Santo), Western Samoa.


Ornithuroscincus noctua
© Rune Midtgaard

Ornithuroscincus nototaenia

South Papuan Smooth-eared Skink, South Papuan Striped Skink

Südpapuanischer Glattohrenskink

Sydpapuansk Glatøreskink

1914 Lygosoma nototaenia Boulenger
Sphenomorphus nototaenius Mittleman 1952
Lipinia nototaenia Shea & Greer 2002
Ornithuroscincus nototaenia Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021

Distribution: Indonesia (Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea (Eastern New Guinea).


Ornithuroscincus pterophilus

Mount Victoria Smooth-eared Skink

Mount-Victoria-Glattohrenskink

Mount Victoria-glatøreskink

2021 Ornithuroscincus pterophilus Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri

Distribution: Papua New Guinea (Eastern New Guinea).





Ornithuroscincus sabini

Mount Simpson Smooth-eared Skink, (Mount Simpson Comb-eared Skink)

Mount-Simpson-Glattohrenskink

Mount Simpson-glatøreskink

2020 Lobulia sabini Kraus
Ornithuroscincus sabini Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021

Distribution: Papua New Guinea (Eastern New Guinea).





Ornithuroscincus shearmani

Milne Bay Comb-eared Skink, (Shearman's Smooth-eared Skink)

Milne-Bay-Glattohrenskink

Milne Bay-glatøreskink

2021 Ornithuroscincus shearmani Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri

Distribution: Papua New Guinea (Eastern New Guinea).





Ornithuroscincus viridis

Green Smooth-eared Skink

Grüner Glattohrenskink

Grøn Glatøreskink

2021 Ornithuroscincus viridis Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri

Distribution: Papua New Guinea (Eastern New Guinea).