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{{short description|Genus of reptiles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon             = Lobulia
| authority         = [[:fr:Allen Eddy Greer|Greer]], 1974
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision       = 7, see text.
}}

'''''Lobulia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[skink]]s in the [[subfamily]] [[Eugongylinae]].<ref>{{BioRef|reptileDB| taxon=Eugongylinae|access-date=10 October 2019}}</ref> The genus ''Lobulia'' is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[New Guinea]].<ref name=RDB/><ref>{{Cite journal|vauthors=Greer AE, Allison A, Cogger HG|author-link=:fr:Allen Eddy Greer|author2-link=:fr:Allen Allison|author3-link=Harold Cogger|title=Four new species of ''Lobulia'' (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from high altitude in New Guinea|journal=Herpetological Monographs|volume=19|pages=153–179|year=2005|doi=10.1655/0733-1347(2005)019[0153:FNSOLL]2.0.CO;2|s2cid=85728933 }}</ref>

==Species==
There are 7 [[species]]:<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB genus|genus=Lobulia|accessdate=29 August 2013}}</ref>
*''[[Lobulia brongersmai]]'' <small>([[Richard G. Zweifel|Zweifel]], 1972)</small> – Brongersma's lobulia
*''[[Lobulia elegans]]'' <small>([[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1897)</small> – elegant lobulia
*''[[Lobulia fortis]]'' <small>Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza, & Meiri, 2021</small>
*''[[Lobulia huonensis]]'' <small>Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza, & Meiri, 2021</small>
*''[[Lobulia lobulus]]'' <small>([[Arthur Loveridge|Loveridge]], 1945)</small> – elegant lobulia
*''[[Lobulia marmorata]]'' <small>Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza, & Meiri, 2021</small>
*''[[Lobulia vogelkopensis]]'' <small>Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza, & Meiri, 2021</small>

''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Lobulia''.

==References==
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==Further reading==
*[[:fr:Allen Eddy Greer|Greer AE Jr]] (1974). "The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus ''Leiolopisma'' and its relatives". ''Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series'' (31): 1-67. (''Lobulia'', new genus, pp.&nbsp;9–10 + Figures 4, 19, 41, 43).

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[[Category:Lobulia| ]]
[[Category:Skinks of New Guinea]]
[[Category:Lizard genera]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of New Guinea]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Allen Eddy Greer]]


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