Phasmasaurus tillieri

Phasmasaurus tillieri, also known commonly as Tillier's maquis skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Caledonia.[2]

Phasmasaurus tillieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Phasmasaurus
Species:
P. tillieri
Binomial name
Phasmasaurus tillieri
(Ineich & Sadlier, 1991)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leiolopisma tillieri
    Ineich & Sadlier, 1991
  • Lioscincus tillieri
    — Bauer & Sadlier, 1993
  • Phasmasaurus tillieri
    — Sadlier et al., 2015

Etymology

The specific name, tillieri, is in honor of French zoologist Simon Tillier.[3]

Geographic range

P. tillieri is found in southern New Caledonia.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. tillieri are grassland and shrubland, at altitudes up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).[1]

Description

P. tillieri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.4 cm (2.5 in). The tail is extremely long, up to three times SVL. The limbs and digits are well-developed.[2]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of P. tillieri is not known.[2]

References
  1. Whitaker AH, Sadlier RA (2018). "Phasmasaurus tillieri (amended version of 2011 assessment)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T176190A123260546. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T176190A123260546.en. Downloaded on 27 March 2020.
  2. Species Phasmasaurus tillieri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  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. (Lioscincus tillieri, p. 266).

Further reading
  • Bauer AM, Sadlier RA (1993). "Systematics, biogeography and conservation of the lizards of New Caledonia". Biodiversity Letters 1: 107–122. (Lioscincus tillieri, new combination).
  • Ineich I, Sadlier RA (1991). "A new species of scincid lizard from New Caledonia, South Pacific Ocean (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Scincidae)". Mémoires du Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Série A Zoologie 149: 343–348. (Leiolopisma tillieri, new species).
  • Sadlier RA, Bauer AM, Shea GM, Smith SA (2015). "Taxonomic resolution to the problem of polyphyly in the New Caledonian scincid lizard genus Lioscincus (Squamata: Scincidae)". Records of the Australian Museum 67 (7): 207–224. (Phasmasaurus tillieri, new combination).



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