Lacertoides pardalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Lacertoides
Species: Lacertoides pardalis

Name

Lacertoides pardalis Sadlier, Shea & Bauer, 1997: 381

• Holotype: AM R148050, ♀, collected by R. Sadlier and G. Shea on 28 September 1995.
• Type locality: “lower slopes of Kwa Neie”, New Caledonia.

References

Primary references

• Sadlier, R.A., Shea, G.M. & Bauer, A.M. 1997. A new genus and species of lizard (Squamata, Scincidae) from New Caledonia, southwest Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 171: 379–385. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Sadlier, R.A., Shea, G.M., Jourdan, H., Whitaker, A.H. & Bauer, A.M. 2014. The New Caledonian leopard skink Lacertoides pardalis (Reptilia: Scincidae); a review of the species’ morphology, distribution, behavior and conservation. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 206: 31–44. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lacertoides pardalis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 March 2020.
• Whitaker, A.H. & Sadlier, R.A. 2011. IUCN: Lacertoides pardalis  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T176153A7189626. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176153A7189626.en

Vernacular names

English: New Caledonian Leopard Skink