Epibator
Appearance
Epibator | |
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Epibator nigrofasciolatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Subfamily: | Eugongylinae |
Genus: | Epibator Sadlier, Bauer, Shea, and Smith, 2015 |
Type species | |
Lygosoma (Mocoa) nigrofasciolatum Peters 1869
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Species | |
3 sp., see text |
Epibator is a genus of skinks endemic to New Caledonia.
Species
The following 3 species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid:[1][2]
- Epibator greeri (Böhme, 1979) – Greer's tree skink
- Epibator insularis Sadlier et al., 2019
- Epibator nigrofasciolatus (Peters, 1869) – green-bellied tree skink
Note that a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Epibator.
References
- ^ Epibator at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2018.
- ^ Jackman, Todd R.; Jourdan, Hervé; Bauer, Aaron M.; Chavis, Mikhail; Debar, Léo; Sadlier, Ross A. (2019-01-17). "Epibator insularis, a New Species of Scincid Lizard from l'Île Walpole, New Caledonia". Pacific Science. 73 (1): 143–161. doi:10.2984/73.1.7. ISSN 1534-6188. S2CID 91275752.