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Phoboscincus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Phoboscincus
Greer, 1974[1]

Phoboscincus is a small genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. There are two known species in the genus Phoboscincus. Both species are found on various island of New Caledonia.[2]

Species

The specific name, garnieri, is in honor of French mining engineer Jules Garnier.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Phoboscincus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Scincidae/eugongylinae.
  2. ^ "Phoboscincus ". Reptile Database.cz
  3. ^ "Phoboscincus bocourti ". Reptile Database.cz
  4. ^ "Phoboscincus garnieri ". Reptile Database.cz
  5. ^ 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. (Phoboscincus garnieri, p. 98).

Further reading

  • Greer AE (1974). "The genetic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian J. Zool. Supplementary Series 22 (31): 1-67. (Phoboscincus, new genus).