Another green skink (Prasinohaema virens) that has green blood and lives in the lowlands of New Guinea. This is the only species of green-blooded skink that lays eggs.

Prasinohaema skinks, residents of New Guinea, have green bones, green muscles and green tongues. Even their blood is green. And it's also a deadly poison.

While not every genus of the snakelike lizards known as skinks oozes green, Prasinohaema virens (green-blooded skink) has green blood, bones, and mucosal tissue.

The green skink (Prasinohaema virens) is another green-blooded lizard from the lowlands of Papua New Guinea. This is the only species that lays eggs, all other green-blooded species give birth to ...

In New Guinea, lizards scurry around with green bones, green hearts, green tongues, and green blood. At least six species share this enigmatic trait.

The species was discovered in the mountains of Papua New Guinea and is named after the Latin word meaning “small clown,” according to a study.

Photos show green-blooded Prasinohaema species from different origins: 1) P. virens; 2) new, unnamed species; 3) P. semoni; 4) P. prehensicauda Z.B. Rodriguez et al/Science Advances 2018 ...

Since that 2009 sighting in the mountain meadow, Prasinohaema scurrula, or the scurrula skink, has scarcely been seen despite years of “intensive surveys,” researchers said.