Geoscincus
{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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| name = Geoscincus
| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Geoscincus
| display_parents = 2
| parent_authority = {{Interlanguage link multi|Ross Allen Sadlier|fr|lt=Sadlier}}, 1987
| species = haraldmeieri
| authority = ({{Interlanguage link multi|Wolfgang Böhme (herpetologist)|de|Wolfgang Böhme (Zoologe)|lt=Böhme}}, 1976)
| range_map = Geoscincus haraldmeieri distribution.png
| synonyms = *Eugongylus haraldmeieri
{{small|Böhme, 1976}}
- Geoscincus haraldmeieri
{{small|— Sadlier, 1987}}
}}
Geoscincus is a monotypic genus of skinks: the only accepted species is Geoscincus haraldmeieri (Meier's skink).
Etymology
G. haraldmeieri is named after German herpetologist Harald Meier.{{NRDB genus|genus=Geoscincus}}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}}. (Geoscincus haraldmeieri, p. 175).
Geographic range
G. haraldmeieri is only known from two specimens collected near Coula, New Caledonia.
Habitat and conservation status
References
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Further reading
- Böhme W (1976). "Über die Gattung Eugongylus Fitzinger, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art (Reptilia: Scincidae) [=About the genus Eugongylus Fitzinger, with description of a new species (Reptilia: Scincidae)]". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 27: 245–251. (Eugongylus haraldmeieri, new species, pp. 248–249 + photograph on p. 245). (in German).
- Sadlier RA (1987). "A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia". Rec. Australian Mus. 39 (1): 1-66. (Geoscincus, new genus, p. 6; G. haraldmeieri, new combination, pp. 6–7, Figures 4–7).
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Category:Monotypic lizard genera
Category:Skinks of New Caledonia