Marmorosphax montana

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 montana

Name

Marmorosphax montana Sadlier & Bauer, 2000: 57

• Holotype: MNHN-RA-1998.0466 (formerly AMS R150733), collected by R.A. Sadlier, A.M. Bauer and S.A. Smith on 13 February 1997.
• Type locality: New Caledonia, “Mt. Ouin, south face, 22º00'34" S, 166º27'26" E, 1050-1150 m asl”.

References

Primary references

• Sadlier, R.A. & Bauer, A.M. 2000. The scincid lizard genus Marmorosphax (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific: description of a new species restricted to high-altitude forest in Province Sud. Pacific Science 54(1): 56–62. hdl: 10125/1598 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Marmorosphax montana. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 March 2020.
• Whitaker, A.H., Sadlier, R.A. & Bauer, A.M. 2010. IUCN: Marmorosphax montana  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176136A7186520. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176136A7186520.en

Vernacular names

English: Montane Marble-throated Skink