Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Scincidae Bibliography of the genus Palaia Biodiversity of the family Scincidae Genus Palaia Papuan Mountain Striped Skink Papuanischer Gebirgs-Streifenschlankskink Papuansk Bjerg-stribeskink 2021 Palaia Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri (type species: Lygosoma pulchrum Boulenger 1903) Contents: 1 species, which is endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Palaia pulchra Papuan Mountain Striped Skink Papuanischer Gebirgs-Streifenschlankskink Papuansk Bjerg-stribeskink 1903 Lygosoma pulchrum Boulenger Scincella pulchra Mittleman 1952 Lipinia pulchra Greer 1974 Palaia pulchra Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021 Distribution: Indonesia (Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea (Eastern New Guinea).