Lioscincus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Lioscincus
Species (2): L. steindachneri – L. vivae
Name

Lioscincus Bocage, 1873: 228

Type species: Lioscincus steindachneri Bocage, 1873, by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Bocage, J.V.B. du 1873. Sur quelques Sauriens nouveaux de la Nouvelle Caledonie et de l'Australie. Journal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes IV: 228–232. BHL

Additional references

Sadlier, R.A. 1987. A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia. Records of the Australian Museum 39(1): 1–66. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.39.1987.164 Open access Reference page.
Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., Shea, G.M., & Smith, S.A. 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. DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.67.2015.1649 Open access Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Lioscincus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 March 2020.

Vernacular names
English: New Caledonian Smooth Skinks

Lioscincus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia.[1]
Species

There are two species that are recognized as being valid.[1]

Lioscincus steindachneri Bocage, 1873 – white-lipped forest skink, Steindachner's ground skink
Lioscincus vivae Sadlier, Bauer, A. Whitaker & S.A. Smith, 2004

References

Lioscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 March 2014.

Further reading

Bocage JVB du (1873). "III. Sur quelques Sauriens nouveaux de la Nouvelle Calédonie et de l'Australie ". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa 4 (9): 228–232. (Lioscincus, new genus, p. 228). (in French).