Table 1. Ranges of morphometrics and meristics for specimens of species treated in this study (mean values in parentheses). Only adult specimens were examined for morphometric measurements, but juveniles were included for meristics
| Species |
N (adult) |
N (total) |
SVL (mm) |
Forelimb length (% of SVL) |
Hindlimb length (% of SVL) |
Midbody scale rows |
Paravertebrals |
Subdigital lamellae |
Single supradigital scales |
| Nubeoscincus (Clade I) |
| N. glacialis |
5 |
5 |
47.4–58.0 (52.4) |
32.2–34.4% (33.1%) |
34.6–38.6% (37.1%) |
34–36 (34.6) |
66–70 (67.6) |
13–16 (14.8) |
2–3 (2.4) |
| N. stellaris |
1 |
1 |
50.9 |
28.7% |
36.2% |
36 |
75 |
14 |
2 |
| Prasinohaema (Clade II) |
| Pr. flavipes |
2 |
2 |
59.7–85.3 (72.5) |
30.1–30.4% (30.3%) |
33.5–34.1% (33.8%) |
38–39 (38.5) |
66–69 (67.5) |
17–20 (18.5) |
3–4 (3.5) |
| Pr. prehensicauda |
2 |
2 |
57.2–64.5 (60.9) |
27.7–31.4% (29.5%) |
29.9–33.3% (31.6%) |
38–45 (41.5) |
70–92 (81) |
17–18 (17.5) |
3–4 (3.5) |
| Lobulia (Clade III) |
| Lo. brongersmai |
1 |
1 |
48.7 |
43.2% |
49.7% |
30 |
51 |
22 |
4 |
| Lo. elegans |
1 |
1 |
55.7 |
34.5% |
44.6% |
31 |
55 |
19 |
3 |
| Lo. fortis |
21 |
29 |
45.7–60.5 (53.6) |
40.6–47.6% (43.3%) |
46.0–54.8% (50.2%) |
34–37 (35.3) |
55–65 (58.9) |
20–25 (22.9) |
3–5 (3.5) |
| Lo. huonensis |
17 |
19 |
45.2–63.9 (54.0) |
37.7–43.6% (42.1%) |
46.1–51.9% (49.8%) |
33–38 (36.2) |
59–68 (62.7) |
19–25 (21.3) |
3–4 (3.1) |
| Lo. lobulus |
5 |
10 |
42.5–55.8 (52.2) |
32.9–41.6% (39.6%) |
42.0–51.5% (47.7%) |
32–40 (35.3) |
54–61 (57.7) |
19–24 (21) |
3–7 (4) |
| Lo. marmorata |
29 |
33 |
41.9–56.9 (48.1) |
36.8–47.0% (42.4%) |
44.1–53.4% (47.5%) |
30–34 (31.5) |
46–56 (51.2) |
20–25 (22.5) |
3–4 (3.2) |
| Lobulia sp. Muller |
1 |
1 |
57.2 |
41.3% |
48.6% |
35 |
63 |
21 |
3 |
| Range |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lo. vogelkopensis |
3 |
3 |
56–58.3 (57.4) |
35.7–41.3% (37.7%) |
41.6–47.8% (45.0%) |
34–36 (35.0) |
69–77 (72.7) |
19–23 (21) |
3–4 (3.3) |
| Palaia (Clade IV) |
| Pal. pulchra |
8 |
8 |
37.3–41.2 (39.2) |
29.9–34.4% (32.0%) |
36.7–43.8% (40.5%) |
23–25 (23.9) |
42–48 (44.3) |
19–21 (20.0) |
7–8 (7.6) |
| Papuascincus (Clade V) |
| Lineage I |
154 |
198 |
41.2–56.7 (50.4) |
28.1–37.1% (32.9%) |
36.8–46.1% (41.3%) |
25–43 (29.9) |
46–71 (60.1) |
19–28 (23.3) |
3–13 (9.1) |
| Lineage II |
13 |
13 |
36.6–48.1 (45.0) |
28.1–35.5% (31.8%) |
38.3–45.4% (42.2%) |
26–32 (29.8) |
52–58 (54.2) |
24–29 (25.7) |
10–13 (11.5) |
| Lineage III |
95 |
112 |
36.3–57.9 (47.0) |
25.1–36.8% (31.8%) |
33.6–47.4% (41.3%) |
24–36 (28.2) |
45–67 (52.3) |
15–26 (22.2) |
7–15 (11.9) |
| Lineage IV |
83 |
136 |
44.4–63.7 (55.9) |
27.8–38.6% (32.9%) |
38.8–48.8% (43.2%) |
24–41 (30.4) |
57–76 (66.0) |
18–27 (22.8) |
7–14 (11.0) |
| Lineage V |
66 |
79 |
42.6–52.9 (48.8) |
27.9–35.9% (32.1%) |
34.8–46% (40.1%) |
26–42 (29.0) |
50–64 (55.1) |
19–24 (21.3) |
8–14 (11.7) |
| Lineage VI |
25 |
28 |
51.6–65.3 (60.5) |
29.4–36.3% (33.6%) |
37.4–46.5% (41.5%) |
29–42 (32.7) |
59–72 (65.6) |
21–27 (24.1) |
8–14 (10.8) |
| Lineage VII |
23 |
44 |
45.3–62.6 (56.7) |
31.2–37.8% (34.7%) |
38.3–46.5% (44.0%) |
28–35 (30.2) |
55–69 (60.7) |
21–28 (23.8) |
8–12 (9.9) |
| Lineage VIII |
90 |
128 |
45.3–67.8 (58.6) |
29.1–38.9% (34.8%) |
39.2–49.6% (44.0%) |
28–38 (32.9) |
58–79 (68.1) |
21–29 (25.1) |
6–14 (10.5) |
| Lineage IX |
35 |
40 |
43.2–65.6 (59.8) |
30.3–36.8% (33.9%) |
39.5–47.3% (44.1%) |
31–51 (35.4) |
67–83 (73.6) |
21–26 (24.1) |
8–11 (9.5) |
| Pap. morokanus |
2 |
2 |
42.9–45.6 (44.2) |
29.1–30.8% (29.9%) |
39.1–41.7% (40.4%) |
28–29 (28.5) |
44–50 (47.0) |
23–24 (23.5) |
6–7 (6.5) |
| Pap. stanleyanus |
1 |
1 |
57.9 |
31.4% |
42.9% |
31 |
64 |
23 |
11 |
| Alpinoscincus (Clade VI) |
| A. alpinus |
9 |
10 |
46.1–64.7 (56.5) |
27.0–38.0% (33.2%) |
31.7–46.1% (41.0%) |
37–51 (44.6) |
70–89 78.9) |
12–19 (15.7) |
4–9 (6.5) |
| A. subalpinus |
37 |
43 |
46.5–72.7 (58.2) |
30.0–39.8% (35.7%) |
40.4–48.7% (44.4%) |
35–44 (38.4) |
64–84 (74.9) |
18–23 (19.2) |
3–10 (5.7) |
| Ornithuroscincus (Clade VII) |
| O. bengaun |
1 |
1 |
48.2 |
36.3% |
47.3% |
30 |
55 |
20 |
6 |
| O. inornatus |
1 |
1 |
47.9 |
32.7% |
41.2% |
35 |
51 |
21 |
3 |
| O. noctua Morobe 1 |
1 |
1 |
29.4 |
31.9% |
41.7% |
24 |
49 |
23 |
6 |