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Prasinohaema (Skink)

Wikipedia Abstract

Prasinohaema (Greek: "green blood") is a genus of skinks characterized by having green blood. This condition is caused by an excess buildup of the bile pigment biliverdin. Prasinohaema species have plasma biliverdin concentrations approximately 1.5-30 times greater than fish species with green blood plasma and 40 times greater than humans with green jaundice.
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Species

Prasinohaema flavipes (Common Green Tree Skink) (Attributes)
Prasinohaema parkeri (Parker's Green Tree Skink)
Prasinohaema prehensicauda (Prehensile Green Tree Skink) (Attributes)
Prasinohaema semoni (Semon's Green Tree Skink) (Attributes)
Prasinohaema virens (Green Tree Skink) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0