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: Phoboscincus
Species: P. bocourti - P. garnieri
Name
Phoboscincus
References
Ineich, I. 2009: Bocourt's terrific skink, Phoboscincus bocourti Brocchi, 1876 (Squamata, Scincidae, Lygosominae). Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 198: 149–174. Reference page.
Ineich, I. et al. 2014: Bocourt’s terrific skink, Phoboscincus bocourti (Brocchi, 1876), and the monophyly of the genus Phoboscincus Greer, 1974 (Reptilia: Scincidae). Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 206: 69–78. [Not seen] Reference page.
Phoboscincus is a small genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. There are two known species in the genus Phoboscincus. Both species are found on various island of New Caledonia.[2]
Species
Phoboscincus bocourti (Brocchi, 1876) – terror skink[3]
Phoboscincus garnieri (Bavay, 1869) – Garnier's skink[4]
The specific name, garnieri, is in honor of French mining engineer Jules Garnier.[5]
References
"Phoboscincus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Scincidae/eugongylinae.
"Phoboscincus ". Reptile Database.cz
"Phoboscincus bocourti ". Reptile Database.cz
"Phoboscincus garnieri ". Reptile Database.cz
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. (Phoboscincus garnieri, p. 98).
Further reading
Greer AE (1974). "The genetic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian J. Zool. Supplementary Series 22 (31): 1-67. (Phoboscincus, new genus).
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