Phoboscincus

Phoboscincus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae[1]
Genus: Phoboscincus
Greer, 1974[1]

Phoboscincus is a small genus of skinks. There are two known species. Both species are found on various island of New Caledonia.[2]

Species

The specific name, garnieri, is in honor of French mining engineer Jules Garnier.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Phoboscincus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Scincidae/eugongylinae.
  2. "Phoboscincus ". Reptile Database.cz
  3. "Phoboscincus bocourti ". Reptile Database.cz
  4. "Phoboscincus garnieri ". Reptile Database.cz
  5. 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. (Phoboscincus garnieri, p. 98).

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