Caledoniscincus atropunctatus

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Caledoniscincus atropunctatus (Roux, 1913)

Lectotype: NHMB 7308, adult ♂, collected by F. Sarasin and J. Roux. [designated by Kramer (1979: 162)]
Type locality: “en Nouvelle-Calédonie et aux trois îles Loyalty”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Outbatche, Neu-Kaledonien” by Kramer (1979: 162).

Lygosoma austro-caledonicum atropunctatum Roux, 1913: 117 [original combination]
Caledoniscincus atropunctatus — Sadlier, 1987: 42 [subsequent combination]

Roux, J. 1913. Les reptiles de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyalty. pp. 79–160 In: Sarasin, F. & Roux, J. (eds.). Nova Caledonia, Recherches scientifiques en Nouvelle Calédonie et aux Iles Loyalty. Zoologie. vol. 1, L. 2. C.W. Kreidel’s Verlag: Wiesbaden. BHL
Sadlier, R.A. 1987. A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia. Records of the Australian Museum 39(1): 1–66. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.39.1987.164 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Caledoniscincus atropunctatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 March 2020.
Whitaker, A.H. & Sadlier, R.A. 2013. IUCN: Caledoniscincus atropunctatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T176175A1435299. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T176175A1435299.en

English: Speckled Leaf-litter Skink