Marmorosphax kaala

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: Marmorosphax
Species: Marmorosphax kaala

Name

Marmorosphax kaala Sadlier, Smith, Bauer & Whitaker, 2009: 250

• Holotype: MNHN-RA-1987.1508 (field tag “S6”), collected by J. Chazeau & S. Tillier on 27 August 1986.
• Type locality: “New Caledonia, Province Nord, Mt. Kaala, (station 255), 20°38’48”S, 164°23’23”E”.

References

Primary references

• Sadlier R.A., Smith, S.A., Bauer A.M. & Whitaker, A.H. 2009. Three new species of skink in the genus Marmorosphax Sadlier (Squamata: Scincidae) from New Caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 198: 373–390. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Marmorosphax kaala. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 March 2020.
• Whitaker, A.H. & Sadlier, R.A. 2011. IUCN: Marmorosphax kaala  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T176194A7195353. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176194A7195353.en

Vernacular names

English: Mount Kaala Marble-throated Skink