Marmorosphax taom

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 taom

Name

Marmorosphax taom Sadlier, Smith, Bauer & Whitaker, 2009: 253

• Holotype: MNHN-RA-2005.0318 (formerly AMS R161183), collected by A.H. & V.A. Whitaker on 12 June 2002.
• Type locality: “New Caledonia, Province Nord, Massif Ouazangou-Taom, Mt. Taom summit, 20°47’05”S, 164°34’42”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 taom. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 March 2020.
• Whitaker, A.H. & Sadlier, R.A. 2011. IUCN: Marmorosphax taom  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T176211A7197810. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176211A7197810.en

Vernacular names

English: Mount Taom Marble-throated Skink