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

The uncommon hue is present in skinks that aren’t closely related ... Atlantic—that such a level could kill other animals. “There’s so much green pigment in the blood that it overshadows the brilliant ...

Most skinks have red blood, but a few in the genus Prasinohaema have green blood caused by a build-up of bile waste, called biliverdin. Skinks normally lay eggs, but some in Australia have evolved ...