• Source: Sigaloseps

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 6 species are recognized as being valid.

Sigaloseps balios Sadlier, Bauer, & Wood, 2014
Sigaloseps conditus Sadlier, Bauer, & Wood, 2014
Sigaloseps deplanchei (Bavay, 1869) - Deplanche's shiny skink
Sigaloseps ferrugicauda Sadlier, Smith, Shea, & Bauer, 2014
Sigaloseps pisinnus Sadlier, Shea, Whitaker, Bauer, & Wood, 2014
Sigaloseps ruficauda Sadlier & Bauer, 1999
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.




References






Further reading


Bavay ARJB (1869). "Catalogue des Reptiles de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et description d'espèces nouvelles ". Mémoires Société linnéenne de Normandie 15: 1-37. (Lygosoma deplanchei, new species, p. 23). (in French).
Sadlier RA (1987). "A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia". Records of the Australian Museum 39 (1): 1-66. (Sigaloseps, new genus).
Sadlier RA, Bauer AM (1999). "The Scincid Lizard Genus Sigaloseps (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the Southwest Pacific: Description of a New Species and Review of the Biology, Distribution, and Morphology of Sigaloseps deplanchei (Bavay)". Rec. Australian Mus. 51 (1): 83–91. (Sigaloseps ruficauda, new species, pp. 84–87, Figures 1–6).

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Mengkarung
• Sigaloseps
• Sigaloseps balios
• Sigaloseps conditus
• Sigaloseps pisinnus
• Sigaloseps ferrugicauda
• Sigaloseps ruficauda
• Sigaloseps deplanchei
• Skink
• IUCN Red List vulnerable species (Animalia)
• List of near threatened reptiles