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Lioscincus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Order
  
Squamata

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Class
  
Reptilia

Suborder
  
Sauria

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Lioscincus is a genus of skinks endemic to New Caledonia.

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Conservation status

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed one species of Lioscincus as "critically endangered", two species as "endangered", and one as "near threatened".

Species

There are seven recognized species:

  • Lioscincus greeri (Böhme, 1979)
  • Lioscincus maruia Sadlier, A. Whitaker & Bauer, 1998
  • Lioscincus nigrofasciolatum (W. Peters, 1869)
  • Lioscincus novaecaledoniae (Parker, 1926)
  • Lioscincus steindachneri Bocage, 1873
  • Lioscincus tillieri (Ineich & Sadlier, 1991)
  • Lioscincus vivae Sadlier, Bauer, A. Whitaker & S.A. Smith, 2004

    • A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lioscincus.

    References

    Lioscincus Wikipedia
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