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Lygisaurus curtus in life
In life — New Guinea Short Litter Skink, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Eric N. Rittmeyer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric N. Rittmeyer
BPBM 14924Vertebrate Zoology

Lygisaurus curtus

New Guinea Short Litter Skink

As recorded: Carlia curta (Boulenger, 1897)

Animalia › Chordata › Squamata › Scincidae

Collected by
F Kraus, I BigilaleI. Bigilale →Fred Kraus →
Collector number
Collector Number: FK 5726
Locality
Owen Stanley Mtns., Mt. Pekopekowana, SE slope, between Garden Camp and end of roadcut
Region
Papua New Guinea
Coordinates
-10.2820, 150.1800
Identified by
F Kraus, Jun 20032 Jun →Fred Kraus →
Record type
Preserved specimen
124 Bishop specimens of Lygisaurus curtusSpecies page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Lygisaurus curtus. BPBM 14924. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 92685983. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/14924.

Record sources

Data-quality notes from GBIF

  • Type status not recognized

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