Geoscincus
| Geoscincus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Eugongylinae |
| Genus: | Geoscincus Sadlier, 1987 |
| Species: | G. haraldmeieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Geoscincus haraldmeieri (Böhme, 1976) | |
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Geoscincus is a monotypic genus of skinks: the only accepted species is Geoscincus haraldmeieri (Meier's skink).
Etymology
G. haraldmeieri is named after Harald Meier, a German herpetologist.[2][3]
Geographic range
G. haraldmeieri is only known from two specimens collected near Coula, New Caledonia.[1]
Habitat and conservation status
The habitat of G. haraldmeieri has since been substantially modified, and the present status of the species is unknown.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Whitaker AH, Sadlier RA, Bauer AM (2010). "Geoscincus haraldmeieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- 1 2 Geoscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Geoscincus haraldmeieri, p. 175).
Further reading
- Böhme W (1976). "Über die Gattung Eugongylus Fitzinger, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art (Reptilia: Scincidae) [=About the genus Eugongylus Fitzinger, with description of a new species (Reptilia: Scincidae)]". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 27: 245-251. (Eugongylus haraldmeieri, new species, pp. 248-249 + photograph on p. 245). (in German).
- Sadlier RA (1987). "A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia". Rec. Australian Mus. 39 (1): 1-66. (Geoscincus, new genus, p. 6; G. haraldmeieri, new combination, pp. 6-7, Figures 4-7).
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