Tropidoscincus variabilis

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: Tropidoscincus
Species: Tropidoscincus variabilis

Name

Tropidoscincus variabilis (Bavay, 1869)

• Neotype: AM R77875, adult ♂. [designated by Sadlier (1987: 24)]
• Type locality: “Mt Panie (750 m), New Caledonia, 20°33'S 164°45'E”.

Combinations

• Tropidolopisma variabilis Bavay, 1869: 26 [original combination]
• Lygosoma variabile — Boulenger, 1887: 277 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tropidoscincus variabilis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 December 2019.
• Whitaker, A.H. & Sadlier, R.A. 2011. IUCN: Tropidoscincus variabilis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T176162A7190482. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176162A7190482.en

Vernacular names

English: Southern Whiptailed Skink