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Common Green Tree Skink

Prasinohaema flavipes (Parker, 1936)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Prasinohaema flavipes (Parker, 1936)
Name authority
(Parker, 1936)
Common name
Common Green Tree Skink
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Scincidae
Genus
Prasinohaema
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderAutarchoglossa
  11. familyScincidae
  12. subfamilySphenomorphinae
  13. genusPrasinohaema
  14. speciesPrasinohaema flavipes (Parker, 1936)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Prasinohaema. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Prasinohaema scurrula Slavenko, Shea, Richards & Oliver, 2025ScincidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Parker's Green Tree SkinkPrasinohaema parkeri (Smith, 1937)ScincidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Prehensile Green Tree SkinkPrasinohaema prehensicauda (Loveridge, 1945)ScincidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Semon's Green Tree SkinkPrasinohaema semoni (Oudemans, 1894)ScincidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Green Tree SkinkPrasinohaema virens (Peters, 1881)ScincidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Lygosoma flavipes Parker, 1936 Parker, 1936synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Papua New Guinea, elevation 1400-2000 m

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Prasinohaema&species=flavipes Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4M9G5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.