Lioscincus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Lioscincus
Species (2): L. steindachneri – L. vivae

Name

Lioscincus Bocage, 1873: 228

• Type species: Lioscincus steindachneri Bocage, 1873, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Bocage, J.V.B. du 1873. III. Sur quelques Sauriens nouveaux de la Nouvelle Calédonie et de l'Australie. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 4(15): 228–232. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 
• Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., Shea, G.M., & Smith, S.A. 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. DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.67.2015.1649 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lioscincus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 March 2020.

Vernacular names

English: New Caledonian Smooth Skinks