Prasinohaema

<h2 id="geographic-range">Geographic range</h2>
<p>Species in the genus <i>Prasinohaema</i> are <a href="/facts/Endemism/xt4IpIsl">endemic</a> to <a href="/facts/New_Guinea/qB0bzfSH">New Guinea</a> and the <a href="/facts/Solomon_Islands/tcyQWq3Q">Solomon Islands</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h2 id="species">Species</h2>
<p>Species in the genus include:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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<ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Prasinohaema_flavipes/hL3pPDA3">Prasinohaema flavipes</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Hampton_Wildman_Parker/VYbMxE4w">Parker</a>, 1936) – common green tree skink</li>
<li><i><a href="/facts/Prasinohaema_parkeri/fUpbj4Q4">Prasinohaema parkeri</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Malcolm_Arthur_Smith/1M9WF3f0">M.A. Smith</a>, 1937) – Parker's green tree skink</li>
<li><i><a href="/facts/Prasinohaema_prehensicauda/4uIh9gFU">Prasinohaema prehensicauda</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Arthur_Loveridge/Cr583qTz">Loveridge</a>, 1945) – prehensile green tree skink</li>
<li><i><a href="/facts/Prasinohaema_semoni/qw74AKs5">Prasinohaema semoni</a></i> (Oudemans, 1894) – Semon's green tree skink</li>
<li><i><a href="/facts/Prasinohaema_virens/Um3IMawd">Prasinohaema virens</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Wilhelm_Peters/7aYXe0ob">W. Peters</a>, 1881) - green-blooded skink, green tree skink</li></ul>
<p><i><a href="/facts/Nota_bene/q7trSJUH">Nota bene</a></i>: A <a href="/facts/Binomial_nomenclature/jgBqAhPv">binomial authority</a> in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than <i>Prasinohaema</i>.
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<h2 id="etymology">Etymology</h2>
<p>The <a href="/facts/Specific_name_(zoology)/RuH34bxb">specific names</a>, <i>parkeri</i> and <i>semoni</i>, are in honor of English <a href="/facts/Herpetology/41JyLR79">herpetologist</a> <a href="/facts/Hampton_Wildman_Parker/VYbMxE4w">Hampton Wildman Parker</a> and German zoologist <a href="/facts/Richard_Semon/KFuPQttT">Richard Wolfgang Semon</a>, respectively.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a>
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<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li>Greer AE (1974). "The genetic relationships of the Scincid lizard genus <i>Leiolopisma</i> and its relatives". <i>Australian J. Zool. Supplementary Series</i> 22 (31): 1-67. (<i>Prasinohaema</i>, new genus, p. 12).</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><i><a href="http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Prasinohaema&submit=Search">Prasinohaema</a></i> in the <a href="/facts/Reptile_Database/GtgFV9sX">Reptile Database</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.markoshea.tv/series2/series02-04.html"><i>Green Blood</i></a> episode in <a href="/facts/Mark_O%2527Shea_(herpetologist)/4cIwa8Yb">O'Shea's Big Adventure</a>.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Austin, Christopher C.; Jessing, Kevin W. (1994). "Green-blood pigmentation in lizards". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology. 109 (3): 619–626. doi:10.1016/0300-9629(94)90201-1. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Austin, Christopher C.; Jessing, Kevin W. (1994). "Green-blood pigmentation in lizards". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology. 109 (3): 619–626. doi:10.1016/0300-9629(94)90201-1. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Grens, Kerry (2018-05-16). "Lizards' Green Blood Evolved Four Times". The Scientist. Retrieved 2018-05-18. <a href="https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/54596/title/Lizards--Green-Blood-Evolved-Four-Times/" target="_blank">https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/54596/title/Lizards--Green-Blood-Evolved-Four-Times/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Malhotra, Anita (23 May 2018). "Some lizards have green blood that should kill them – and scientists can't work out why". The Independent. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/lizards-green-blood-scientists-unsure-biliverdin-jaundice-biology-a8357396.html" target="_blank">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/lizards-green-blood-scientists-unsure-biliverdin-jaundice-biology-a8357396.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Genus Prasinohaema at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. <a href="http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Prasinohaema&exact=genus&submit=Search" target="_blank">http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Prasinohaema&exact=genus&submit=Search</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Genus Prasinohaema at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. <a href="http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Prasinohaema&exact=genus&submit=Search" target="_blank">http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Prasinohaema&exact=genus&submit=Search</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Prasinohaema parkeri, p. 200; P. semoni, p. 240). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Prasinohaema