Nannoscincus

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: Nannoscincus
Species (12): N. exos – N. fuscus – N. garrulus – N. gracilis – N. greeri – N. hanchisteus – N. humectus – N. koniambo – N. manautei – N. mariei – N. rankini – N. slevini

Name

Nannoscincus Günther, 1872: 421

• Type species: Nannoscincus fuscus Günther, 1872, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1872. On some new species of reptiles and fishes collected by J. Brenchley, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 4 10(60): 418–426. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Sadlier, R.A. 1987. A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia. Records of the Australian Museum 39(1): 1–66. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.39.1987.164 Reference page. 
• Bauer, A.M. & Sadlier, R.A. (eds.) 2000. The herpetofauna of New Caledonia. Contributions to Herpetology. Volume 17. Society for Study Amphibians and Reptiles: Ithaca, New York. 310 pp. ISBN 0-916984-55-9 Reference page. 
• Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M. & Whitaker, A.H. 2002. The scincid lizard genus Nannoscincus Gunther from New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific: a review of the morphology and distribution of species in the Nannoscincus mariei species group, including the description of three new species from Province Nord. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 187: 233–255. Reference page. 
• Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., Wood Jr., P.L., Smith, S.A., Whitaker, A.H. & Jackman, T.R. 2014. Cryptic speciation in the New Caledonian lizard genus Nannoscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) including the description of a new species and recognition of Nannoscincus fuscus Günther. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 206: 45–68. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Nannoscincus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 March 2020.

Vernacular names

English: New Caledonian Dwarf Skinks