Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

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

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Caledoniscincus
Species: Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus

Name

Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus (Bavay, 1869)

• Neotype: AM R77757, adult ♀. [designated by Sadlier (1987: 37)]
• Type locality: “4 km from summit of Mt Aoupinie by road, New Caledonia, 21011' S 165016' E”.

Combinations

• Lygosoma austro-caledonica Bavay, 1869: 21 [original combination]
• Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus — Sadlier, 1987: 37 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Lygosoma austro-caledonicum dorsovittatum Roux, 1913: 118
  • Lectotype: NHMB 7370, adult ♂, collected by F. Sarasin and J. Roux. [designated by Kramer (1979: 162)]
  • Type locality: “du nord au sud de la Caledonie et sur les 3 iles Loyalty”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Hienghiene, Neu-Kaledonien” by Kramer (1979: 162).

References

Primary references

• Bavay, A. 1869. Catalogue des Reptiles de las Nouvelle-Calédonie et description d'especes nouvelles. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie 15: 1–37. Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 December 2019.
• Whitaker, A.H. & Sadlier, R.A. 2011. IUCN: Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T176208A7197377. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176208A7197377.en

Vernacular names

English: Common Litter Skink