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 SpeciesN (adult)N (total)SVL (mm)Forelimb length (% of SVL)Hindlimb length (% of SVL)Midbody scale rowsParavertebralsSubdigital lamellaeSingle supradigital scalesNubeoscincus (Clade I)N. glacialis5547.4–58.0 (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. stellaris1150.928.7%36.2%3675142Prasinohaema (Clade II)Pr. flavipes2259.7–85.3 (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. prehensicauda2257.2–64.5 (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. brongersmai1148.743.2%49.7%3051224Lo. elegans1155.734.5%44.6%3155193Lo. fortis212945.7–60.5 (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. huonensis171945.2–63.9 (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. lobulus51042.5–55.8 (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. marmorata293341.9–56.9 (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. Muller1157.241.3%48.6%3563213RangeLo. vogelkopensis3356–58.3 (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. pulchra8837.3–41.2 (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 I15419841.2–56.7 (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 II131336.6–48.1 (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 III9511236.3–57.9 (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 IV8313644.4–63.7 (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 V667942.6–52.9 (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 VI252851.6–65.3 (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 VII234445.3–62.6 (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 VIII9012845.3–67.8 (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 IX354043.2–65.6 (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. morokanus2242.9–45.6 (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. stanleyanus1157.931.4%42.9%31642311Alpinoscincus (Clade VI)A. alpinus91046.1–64.7 (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. subalpinus374346.5–72.7 (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. bengaun1148.236.3%47.3%3055206O. inornatus1147.932.7%41.2%3551213O. noctua Morobe 11129.431.9%41.7%2449236

Published as part of Slavenko, Alex, Tamar, Karin, Tallowin, Oliver J S, Kraus, Fred, Allison, Allen, Carranza, Salvador & Meiri, Shai, 2022, Revision of the montane New Guinean skink genus Lobulia (Squamata: Scincidae), with the description of four new genera and nine new species, pp. 229 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195 (1) on page 229, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab052, http://zenodo.org/record/6530695