Nannoscincus

Nannoscincus is a genus of small skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia.[1]

Nannoscincus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Nannoscincus
Günther, 1872

Species

The following 12 species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Nannoscincus.

References

  1. Sadlier RA, Bauer AM, Smith SA (2006). "A new species of Nannoscincus Günther (Squamata: Scincidae) from high elevation forest in southern New Caledonia" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 58 (1): 29–36. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.58.2006.1458. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-02.
  2. Nannoscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 December 2013.

Further reading

  • Günther A (1872). "On some new Species of Reptiles and Fishes collected by J. Brenchley, Esq." Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fourth Series 10 (60): 418–426. (Nannoscincus, new genus, p. 421).


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