Geoscincus

Geoscincus is a monotypic genus of skinks: the only accepted species is Geoscincus haraldmeieri (Meier's skink).

Geoscincus
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Geoscincus Sadlier, 1987
Species:	G. haraldmeieri
Binomial name
Geoscincus haraldmeieri (Böhme, 1976)
Synonyms[2]
Eugongylus haraldmeieri Böhme, 1976 Geoscincus haraldmeieri — Sadlier, 1987

Etymology

G. haraldmeieri is named after German herpetologist Harald Meier.[2][3]

Geographic range

G. haraldmeieri is only known from two specimens collected near Coula, New Caledonia.[1]

Habitat and conservation status

The habitat of G. haraldmeieri has since been substantially modified, and the present status of the species is unknown.[1]

References

1. Whitaker AH, Sadlier RA, Bauer AM (2010). "Geoscincus haraldmeieri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176134A7186148. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176134A7186148.en.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
2. Geoscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Geoscincus haraldmeieri, p. 175).

Further reading

• 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". Rec. Australian Mus. 39 (1): 1-66. (Geoscincus, new genus, p. 6; G. haraldmeieri, new combination, pp. 6–7, Figures 4-7).