Sigaloseps balios

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Sigaloseps
Species: Sigaloseps balios

Name

Sigaloseps balios Sadlier, Bauer & Wood in Sadlier et al., 2014: 105

• Holotype: MNHN-RA-2011.0287 (formerly AMS R.172612), collected by R. Sadlier and C. Beatson on 13 October 2009.
• Type locality: “New Caledonia, Massif du Humboldt 21°52’57”S 166°34’45”E at 1350 m”.

References

Primary references

• Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., Wood, Jr., P.L., Smith, S.A., Whitaker, A.H., Jourdan, H. & Jackman, T. 2014. Localized endemism in the southern ultramafic bio-region of New Caledonia as evidenced by the lizards in the genus Sigaloseps (Reptilia: Scincidae), with descriptions of four new species. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 206: 79–114. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Sigaloseps balios. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 March 2020.

Vernacular names

• English: Mount Humboldt Shiny Skink