Geoscincus

{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}

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| name = Geoscincus

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Sadlier, R.A. |author2=Bauer, A.M. |author3=Jourdan , H. |author4=Astrongatt, S. |author5=Deuss, M. |author6=Duval, T. |author7=Bourguet, E. |author8=McCoy, S. |author9=Bouteiller, A. |author10=Lagrange, A. |year=2021 |title=Geoscincus haraldmeieri |volume=2021 |page=e.T176134A123247906 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176134A123247906.en |access-date=19 October 2021}}

| 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
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  • Geoscincus haraldmeieri
    {{small|— Sadlier, 1987}}

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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

The habitat of G. haraldmeieri has since been substantially modified, and the present status of the species is unknown.

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:Skinks

Category:Monotypic lizard genera

Category:Skinks of New Caledonia

Category:Endemic fauna of New Caledonia

Category:Taxa named by Ross Allen Sadlier