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Prasinohaema
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Prasinohaema

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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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Green Tree Skink

speciesPrasinohaema virens

Common Green Tree Skink

speciesPrasinohaema flavipes

Prehensile Green Tree Skink

speciesPrasinohaema prehensicauda

Semon's Green Tree Skink

speciesPrasinohaema semoni

Parker's Green Tree Skink

speciesPrasinohaema parkeri

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 37757.