Sigaloseps deplanchei

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

Sigaloseps deplanchei (Bavay, 1869)

Lectotype: BMNH 86.9.16.1, adult ♂, presented by M.A. Bavay. [designated by Sadlier (1987: 50)]
Type locality: “Nouvelle-Calédonie [=New Caledonia]”.

Hinulia tetragonurus Günther, 1872: 420
- Holotype: BMNH 71.4.16.42, presented by J. Brenchley.
- Type locality: “Feejee Islands” in error, corrected to “New Caledonia” by Boulenger (1887: 318).

Bavay, A. 1869. Catalogue des Reptiles de las Nouvelle-Calédonie et description d'especes nouvelles. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie 15: 1–37. Reference page.
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.
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.

Sadlier, R.A. & Bauer, A.M. 1999. The scincid lizard genus Sigaloseps (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific: description of a new species and a review of the biology, distribution and morphology of Sigaloseps deplanchei (Bavay). Records of the Australian Museum 51(1): 83–91. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.51.1999.1296 Reference page.
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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sigaloseps deplanchei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 December 2019.
Whitaker, A.H. & Sadlier, R.A. 2011. IUCN: Sigaloseps deplanchei (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T176199A7196074. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176199A7196074.en

English: Deplanche's Shiny Skink