Epibator
{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
{{hatnote|"Epibator" is also a synonym of Zootrophion.}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Epibator_nigrofasciolatus.jpg
| image_caption = Epibator nigrofasciolatus
| taxon = Epibator
| authority = Sadlier, Bauer, Shea, and Smith, 2015
| type_species = Lygosoma (Mocoa) nigrofasciolatum
| type_species_authority = Peters 1869
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 3 sp., see text
| synonyms =
}}
Epibator is a genus of skinks endemic to New Caledonia.
Species
The following 3 species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid:{{NRDB genus|genus=Epibator|accessdate=31 August 2018}}{{Cite journal|last1=Jackman|first1=Todd R.|last2=Jourdan|first2=Hervé|last3=Bauer|first3=Aaron M.|last4=Chavis|first4=Mikhail|last5=Debar|first5=Léo|last6=Sadlier|first6=Ross A.|date=2019-01-17|title=Epibator insularis, a New Species of Scincid Lizard from l'Île Walpole, New Caledonia|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/714586|journal=Pacific Science|language=en|volume=73|issue=1|pages=143–161|doi=10.2984/73.1.7|s2cid=91275752|issn=1534-6188}}
- Epibator greeri (Böhme, 1979) – Greer's tree skink
- Epibator insularis Sadlier et al., 2019
- Epibator nigrofasciolatus (Peters, 1869) – green-bellied tree skink
Note that a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Epibator.
References
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Category:Endemic fauna of New Caledonia
Category:Taxa named by Ross Allen Sadlier
Category:Taxa named by Aaron M. Bauer
Category:Taxa named by Glenn Michael Shea
Category:Taxa named by Sarah A. Smith
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