Caledoniscincus chazeaui

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Sadlier, R.A. |author-link=:fr:Ross Allen Sadlier |author2=Bauer, A.M. |author2-link=:fr:Aaron Matthew Bauer |author3=Jourdan, H. |author4=Astrongatt, S. |author5=Deuss, M. |author5-link=species:Mathias Deuss |author6=Duval, T. |author7=Bourguet, E. |author8=McCoy, S. |author9=Bouteiller, A. |author10=Lagrange, A. |date=2021 |title=Caledoniscincus chazeaui |volume=2021 |page=e.T176207A123258617 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176207A123258617.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Caledoniscincus

| species = chazeaui

| authority = Sadlier, Bauer & Colgan, 1999

| range_map = Caledoniscincus chazeaui distribution.png

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Caledoniscincus chazeaui, also known commonly as Chazeau's litter skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Caledonia.

Etymology

The specific name, chazeaui, is in honor of New Caledonian zoologist Jean Chazeau.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Caledoniscincus chazeaui, p. 52).

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. chazeaui is forest at altitudes up to {{convert|900|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Behavior

C. chazeaui is terrestrial and diurnal.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of C. chazeaui is unknown.

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