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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 18717Vertebrate Zoology

Lygisaurus curtus

New Guinea Short Litter Skink

As recorded: Carlia curta (Boulenger, 1897)

Animalia › Chordata › Squamata › Scincidae

Collected by
F Kraus
Collector number
Collector Number: FK 8232
Locality
Dorobisoro
Region
Papua New Guinea
Coordinates
-9.4610, 147.9231
Identified by
F Kraus, Nov 2003Fred Kraus →29 Nov →
Record type
Preserved specimen
124 Bishop specimens of Lygisaurus curtusSpecies page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Lygisaurus curtus. BPBM 18717. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 92698005. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/18717.

Record sources

Data-quality notes from GBIF

  • Type status not recognized

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