Phasmasaurus tillieri

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Phasmasaurus tillieri (Ineich & Sadlier, 1991)

Holotype: MNHN-RA-1989.2600, collected by L. Bonnet de Larbogne, J. Chazeau and A. Tillier in 1987.
Type locality: “Rivière bleue, maquis sur crête, piège de Malaise, 310 m”.

Leiolopisma tillieri Ineich & Sadlier, 1991: 344 [original combination]
Lioscincus tillieri — Bauer & Sadlier, 1993: 109 [subsequent combination]
Phasmasaurus tillieri — Sadlier, Bauer, Shea & Smith, 2015: 218 [subsequent combination]

Ineich, I. & Sadlier, R.A. 1991. A new species of scincid lizard from New Caledonia, South Pacific Ocean (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Scincidae). Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 149: 343–348. Reference page.
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. Phasmasaurus tillieri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 March 2020.
Whitaker, A.H. & Sadlier, R.A. 2018. IUCN: Phasmasaurus tillieri (Near Threatened) (amended version of 2011 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T176190A123260546. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T176190A123260546.en

English: Tiller's Maquis Skink