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Lioscincus steindachneri

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Species of lizard

Lioscincus steindachneri
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lioscincus
Species: L. steindachneri
Binomial name
Lioscincus steindachneri
Bocage, 1873
Synonyms
  • Lioscincus steindachneri
    Bocage, 1873
  • Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) steindachneri
    — M.A. Smith, 1937
  • Leiolopisma steindachneri
    — Greer, 1974
  • Lioscincus steindachneri
    — Bauer & Sadlier, 1993

Lioscincus steindachneri, also known commonly as the white-lipped forest skink or Steindachner's ground skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Caledonia.

Etymology

The specific name, steindachneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Steindachner.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. steindachneri is moist forest, at altitudes of 200–1,110 m (660–3,640 ft).

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of L. steindachneri is unknown. It may be oviparous or viviparous.

References

  1. ^ Sadlier, R.A.; Bauer, A.M.; Jourdan, H.; Astrongatt, S.; Deuss, M.; Duval, T.; Bourguet, E.; McCoy, S.; Bouteiller, A.; Lagrange, A. (2021). "Lioscincus steindachneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T176212A123259365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176212A123259365.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Lioscincus steindachneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lioscincus steindachneri, p. 252).

Further reading

  • Bauer AM, Sadlier RA (editors) (2000). The Herpetofauna of New Caledonia. Contributions to Herpetology No. 17. Ithaca, New York: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). 322 pp. ISBN 978-0916984557.
  • Bocage JVB (1873). "Sur quelques Sauriens nouveaux de la Nouvelle Calédonie et de l'Australie". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa (15): 228–232. (Lioscincus steindachneri, new species, pp. 228–229). (in French).
  • Sadlier RA, Bauer AM, Shea GM, Smith SA (2015). "Taxonomic resolution to the problem of polyphyly in the New Caledonian scincid lizard genus Lioscincus (Squamata: Scincidae)". Records of the Australian Museum 67 (7): 207–224.
Taxon identifiers
Lioscincus steindachneri


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