Graciliscincus
| Sadlier's skink | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Graciliscincus Sadlier, 1986 |
| Species: | G. shonae |
| Binomial name | |
| Graciliscincus shonae Sadlier, 1986 | |
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Graciliscincus is a lizard genus in the family Scincidae. The genus contains the single species Graciliscincus shonae (Sadlier's skink or gracile burrowing skink), found in New Caledonia.[2][3]
Graciliscincus shonae is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation.[1]
References
- 1 2 Whitaker, A.H. & Sadlier, R.A. (201). "Graciliscincus shonae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ↑ Sadlier, Ross A.; Bauer, Aaron M. (2002). "The scincid lizard Graciliscincus shonae (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific: a review of the species' morphology, distribution, and conservation status". Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 187: 269–276.
- ↑ Graciliscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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