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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Lobulia
Species (8): L. alpina – L. brongersmai – L. elegans – L. glacialis – L. lobulus – L. sabini – L. stellaris – L. subalpina
Name

Lobulia Greer, 1974
References

Greer, A.E., Allison, A. & Cogger, H.G. 2005. Four new species of Lobulia (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from high altitude in New Guinea. Herpetological Monographs 19: 153–179.
Kraus, F. 2020. A new species of Lobulia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4779(2): 201–214. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.2.3 Paywall Reference page.

Lobulia is a genus of skinks in the subfamily Eugongylinae.[1] The genus Lobulia is endemic to New Guinea.[2][3]
Species

There are 8 species:[2]

Lobulia alpina Greer, Allison & Cogger, 2005
Lobulia brongersmai (Zweifel, 1972) - Brongersma's lobulia
Lobulia elegans (Boulenger, 1897) - elegant lobulia
Lobulia glacialis Greer, Allison & Cogger, 2005
Lobulia lobulus (Loveridge, 1945) - elegant lobulia
Lobulia sabini Kraus, 2020
Lobulia stellaris Greer, Allison & Cogger, 2005
Lobulia subalpina Greer, Allison & Cogger, 2005

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lobulia.
References

Uetz, P.; Freed, P.; Hošek, J. (eds.). "Eugongylinae". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
Lobulia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 August 2013.

Greer AE, Allison A, Cogger HG (2005). "Four new species of Lobulia (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from high altitude in New Guinea". Herpetological Monographs. 19: 153–179. doi:10.1655/0733-1347(2005)019[0153:FNSOLL]2.0.CO;2.

Further reading

Greer AE Jr (1974). "The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series (31): 1-67. (Lobulia, new genus, pp. 9–10 + Figures 4, 19, 41, 43).

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