Caesoris novaecaledoniae

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

Caesoris novaecaledoniae (Parker, 1926)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.16.15 (formerly 1926.9.17.1), adult ♀, collected by P.D. Montague in 1914.
Type locality: “Upper Houailou River, New Caledonia”.

Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) novae-caledoniae Parker, 1926: 493 [original combination]
Lioscincus novaecaledoniae — Bauer & Sadlier, 1993: 109 [subsequent combination]
Caesoris novaecaledoniae — Sadlier, Bauer, Shea & Smith, 2015: 221 [subsequent combination]

Parker, H.W. 1926. A new lizard from New Caledonia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 9 18(107): 493–495. DOI: 10.1080/00222932608633546
Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., Shea, G.M., & Smith, S.A. 2015. Taxonomic resolution to the problem of polyphyly in the New Caledonian scincid lizard genus Lioscincus (Squamata: Scincidae). Records of the Australian Museum 67(7): 207–224. DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.67.2015.1649 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Caesoris novaecaledoniae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 March 2020.
Whitaker, A.H. & Sadlier, R.A. 2018. IUCN: Caesoris novaecaledoniae (Least Concern) (amended version of 2011 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T176168A123261163. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176168A123261163.en

English: Blue-mouthed Skink