Sigaloseps

Sigaloseps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria or Lacertilia
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Sigaloseps
Sadlier, 1987[1]

Sigaloseps is a genus of skinks which inhabit the moist, closed forest of southern New Caledonia.

Conservation status

There is some conservation concern for Sigaloseps because of mining activity taking place in the region.

Species

The following two 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 Sigaloseps.

Etymology

The specific name, deplanchei, is in honor of French naturalist Émile Deplanche.[3]

References

  1. Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae.
  2. "Sigaloseps ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sigaloseps deplanchei, p. 69).

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