Geoscincus
| Geoscincus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Eugongylinae |
| Genus: | Geoscincus Sadlier, 1987 |
| Species: | G. haraldmeieri
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| Binomial name | |
| Geoscincus haraldmeieri (Böhme, 1976)
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Geoscincus is a monotypic genus of skink in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The only accepted species is Geoscincus haraldmeieri, also known commonly as Meier's skink, which is endemic to New Caledonia.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]Geoscincus haraldmeieri is named after German herpetologist Harald Meier.[2][3]
Geographic range
[edit | edit source]Geoscincus haraldmeieri is only known from two specimens collected near Coula, New Caledonia.[1]
Habitat and conservation status
[edit | edit source]The two specimens of Geoscincus haraldmeieri were collected in forest. However, the habitat at the type locality has been substantially modified since 1976, and in 2021 the status of the species was unknown.[1]
Behavior
[edit | edit source]Geoscincus haraldmeieri is terrestrial and semi-fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]The mode of reproduction of Geoscincus haraldmeieri is unknown.[2]
References
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- ^ a b c Geoscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Geoscincus haraldmeieri, p. 175).
Further reading
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- Böhme W (1976). "Über die Gattung Eugongylus Fitzinger, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art (Reptilia: Scincidae) [=About the genus Eugongylus Fitzinger, with description of a new species (Reptilia: Scincidae)]". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 27: 245–251. (Eugongylus haraldmeieri, new species, pp. 248–249 + photograph on p. 245). (in German).
- Sadlier RA (1987). "A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia". Records of the Australian Museum 39 (1): 1–66. (Geoscincus, new genus, p. 6; G. haraldmeieri, new combination, pp. 6–7, Figures 4–7).
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