Lioscincus steindachneri

Lioscincus steindachneri, also known commonly as the white-lipped forest skink or Steindachner's ground skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Caledonia.[2]

Lioscincus steindachneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lioscincus
Species:
L. steindachneri
Binomial name
Lioscincus steindachneri
Bocage, 1873
Synonyms[2]
  • Lioscincus steindachneri
    Bocage, 1873
  • Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) steindachneri
    — M.A. Smith, 1937
  • Leiolopisma steindachneri
    — Greer, 1974
  • Lioscincus steindachneri
    — Bauer & Sadlier, 1993

Etymology

The specific name, steindachneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Steindachner.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. steindachneri is moist forest, at altitudes of 200–1,110 m (660–3,640 ft).[1][2]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of L. steindachneri is unknown. It may be oviparous or viviparous.[2]

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References
  1. Whitaker AH, Sadlier RA (2011). "Lioscincus steindachneri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T176212A7197954. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176212A7197954.en. Downloaded on 13 March 2020.
  2. Lioscincus steindachneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
  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. (Lioscincus steindachneri, p. 252).

Further reading
  • Bauer AM, Sadlier RA (editors) (2000). The Herpetofauna of New Caledonia. Contributions to Herpetology No. 17. Ithaca, New York: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). 322 pp. ISBN 978-0916984557.
  • Bocage JVB (1873). "Sur quelques Sauriens nouveaux de la Nouvelle Calédonie et de l'Australie". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa [4] (15): 228–232. (Lioscincus steindachneri, new species, pp. 228–229). (in French).
  • Sadlier RA, Bauer AM, Shea GM, Smith SA (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.



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