Kanakysaurus viviparus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Kanakysaurus viviparus Sadlier, Whitaker, Bauer & Smith in Sadlier et al., 2004: 322

Holotype: MNHN-RA-2003.1004, adult ♂, collected by R.A. Sadlier, A.M. Bauer, S. Smith, T. Jackman, and G. Watkins-Colwell on 22 January 2003.
Type locality: “New Caledonia, Province Nord, Rivière Néhoué, 20°25’16”S 164°13’10”E”.

Sadlier, R.A., Smith, S.A., Bauer, A.M. & Whitaker, A.H. 2004. A New Genus and Species of Live-Bearing Scincid Lizard (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia. Journal of Herpetology 38(3): 320–330. DOI: 10.1670/196-03A Reference page.

Whitaker, A.H. & Sadlier, R.A. 2011. IUCN: Kanakysaurus viviparus (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T176160A7190193. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176160A7190193.en. Accessed on 07 October 2025.