Lioscincus
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Lioscincus
Bocage, 1873
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Lioscincus is a genus of skinks endemic to New Caledonia.[1]
Conservation status
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed one species of Lioscincus as "critically endangered", two species as "endangered", and one as "near threatened".[2]
Species
There are seven recognized species:[1]
- Lioscincus greeri (Böhme, 1979)
- Lioscincus maruia Sadlier, A. Whitaker & Bauer, 1998
- Lioscincus nigrofasciolatum (W. Peters, 1869)
- Lioscincus novaecaledoniae (Parker, 1926)
- Lioscincus steindachneri Bocage, 1873
- Lioscincus tillieri (Ineich & Sadlier, 1991)
- Lioscincus vivae Sadlier, Bauer, A. Whitaker & S.A. Smith, 2004
A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lioscincus.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lioscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Further reading
- Bocage JVB du. 1873. "III. Sur quelques Sauriens nouveaux de la Nouvelle Calédonie et de l'Australie ". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa 4 (9): 228-232. (Lioscincus, new genus, p. 228). (in French).
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