Graciliscincus
| Graciliscincus shonae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Graciliscincus Sadlier, 1987 |
| Species: | G. shonae
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| Graciliscincus shonae Sadlier, 1987
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Graciliscincus is a lizard genus in the family Scincidae.
Species and geographic range
The genus Graciliscincus contains the single species Graciliscincus shonae (Sadlier's skink or gracile burrowing skink), found in New Caledonia.[2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, shonae, is in honor of Shona von Sturmer Sadlier, who was the wife of the describer.[3][4]
Conservation status
Graciliscincus shonae is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation.[1]
References
- ^ a b Whitaker, A.H.; Sadlier, R.A. (2011). "Graciliscincus shonae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T176193A7195205. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176193A7195205.en. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ Sadlier RA, Bauer AM [in French] (2002). "The scincid lizard Graciliscincus shonae (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific: a review of the species' morphology, distribution, and conservation status". Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 187: 269–276.
- ^ a b Graciliscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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. (Graciliscincus shonae, p. 242).
Further reading
- Sadlier RA (1987). "A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia". Rec. Australian Mus. 39 (1): 1-66. (Gentiliscincus, new genus, p. 12; G. shonae, new species, p. 12).
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