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Sigaloseps deplanchei

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Species of lizard

Sigaloseps deplanchei
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Sigaloseps
Species: S. deplanchei
Binomial name
Sigaloseps deplanchei
(Bavay, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Lygosoma deplanchei
    Bavay, 1869
  • Hinulia tetragonorus
    Günther, 1872
  • Mocoa deplanchei
    — F. Müller, 1880
  • Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) deplanchi
    — M.A. Smith, 1937
  • Leiolopisma deplanchei
    — Zug, 1985
  • Sigaloseps deplanchei
    — Sadlier, 1987

Deplanche's shiny skink (Sigaloseps deplanchei) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Caledonia.

Etymology

The specific name, deplanchei, is in honor of French naval surgeon Émile Deplanche.

Geographic range

S. deplanchei is found in South Province, New Caledonia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of S. deplanchei are forest and shrubland, at altitudes up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).

Description

Medium-sized for the genus Sigaloseps, adults of S. deplanchei have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of not more than 4.6 cm (1.8 in).

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of S. deplanchei is unknown.

References

  1. ^ Sadlier RA, Bauer AM, Jourdan H, Astrongatt S, Deuss M, Duval T, Bourguet E, McCoy S, Bouteiller A, Lagrange A (2021). "Sigaloseps deplanchei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T123731447A123731679. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/123731447/123731679. Downloaded on 19 October 2021.
  2. ^ Sigaloseps deplanchei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
  3. 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. (Sigaloseps deplanchei, p. 69).

Further reading

  • Bavay A (1869). "Catalogue des Reptiles de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et description d'espèces nouvelles ". Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie 15: 1–37. (Lygosoma deplanchei, new species, p. 23). (in French).
  • Sadlier RA (1987). "A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia". Records of the Australian Museum 39 (1): 1–66. (Sigaloseps deplanchei, new combination).
  • Sadlier RA, Bauer AM (1999). "The scincid lizard genus Sigaloseps (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the Southwest Pacific: description of a new species and review of the biology, distribution and morphology of Sigaloseps deplanchei (Bavay)". Rec. Australian Mus. 51 (1): 83–91.


Taxon identifiers
Sigaloseps deplanchei


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