Prasinohaema prehensicauda

Prasinohaema prehensicauda, the prehensile green tree skink, is a species of skink. It is found in Papua New Guinea.^[2]

Prasinohaema prehensicauda
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Superfamily:	Lygosomoidea
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Prasinohaema
Species:	P. prehensicauda
Binomial name
Prasinohaema prehensicauda (Loveridge, 1945)

Names

It is known as sydn in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea. Green P. prehensicauda are called sydn km, while brown ones are called sydn mlep.^[3]

Habitat

It is an arboreal skink found in casuarinas and other second-growth trees.^[3]