Sigaloseps ruficauda

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: Sigaloseps
Species: Sigaloseps ruficauda

Name

Sigaloseps ruficauda Sadlier & Bauer, 1999: 84

• Holotype: AM R146482, collected by R. Sadlier and P. Rowland on 16 January 1995.
• Type locality: “Mt Mou, New Caledonia 22°03'45"S 166°20'39"E”.

References

Primary references

• Sadlier, R.A. & Bauer, A.M. 1999. The scincid lizard genus Sigaloseps (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific: description of a new species and a review of the biology, distribution and morphology of Sigaloseps deplanchei (Bavay). Records of the Australian Museum 51(1): 83–91. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.51.1999.1296 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sigaloseps ruficauda. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 March 2020.
• Sadlier, R.A., Whitaker, A.H., & Bauer, A.M. 2010. IUCN: Sigaloseps ruficauda  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176135A7186300. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176135A7186300.en

Vernacular names

English: Red-tailed Shiny Skink