Sigaloseps

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: Sigaloseps
Species (6): S. conditus – S. balios – S. deplanchei – S. ferrugicauda – S. pisinnus – S. ruficauda
Name

Sigaloseps Sadlier, 1987: 50

Type species: Lygosoma deplanchei Bavay, 1869, by original designation and monotypy.

References
Primary 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.

Additional references

Sadlier, R.A. & Bauer, A.M. 1999. The scincid lizard genus Sigaloseps (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific: description of a new species and a review of the biology, distribution and morphology of Sigaloseps deplanchei (Bavay). Records of the Australian Museum 51(1): 83–91. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.51.1999.1296 Open access Reference page.
Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., Wood, Jr., P.L., Smith, S.A., Whitaker, A.H., Jourdan, H. & Jackman, T. 2014. Localized endemism in the southern ultramafic bio-region of New Caledonia as evidenced by the lizards in the genus Sigaloseps (Reptilia: Scincidae), with descriptions of four new species. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 206: 79–114. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Sigaloseps . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 March 2020.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Neukaledonische Glanzskinke
English: New Caledonian Shiny Skinks

Sigaloseps is a genus of skinks which inhabit the moist, closed forest of southern New Caledonia.

Conservation status

There is some conservation concern for Sigaloseps because of mining activity taking place in the region.
Species

The following 6 species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Sigaloseps balios Sadlier, Bauer, & Wood, 2014
Sigaloseps conditus Sadlier, Bauer, & Wood, 2014
Sigaloseps deplanchei (Bavay, 1869) - Deplanche's shiny skink
Sigaloseps ferrugicauda Sadlier, Smith, Shea, & Bauer, 2014
Sigaloseps pisinnus Sadlier, Shea, Whitaker, Bauer, & Wood, 2014
Sigaloseps ruficauda Sadlier & Bauer, 1999

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Sigaloseps.
Etymology

The specific name, deplanchei, is in honor of French naturalist Émile Deplanche.[3]
References

"Sigaloseps ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae.
"Sigaloseps ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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. (Sigaloseps deplanchei, p. 69).

Further reading

Bavay ARJB (1869). "Catalogue des Reptiles de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et description d'espèces nouvelles ". Mémoires Société linnéenne de Normandie 15: 1-37. (Lygosoma deplanchei, new species, p. 23). (in French).
Sadlier RA (1987). "A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia". Records of the Australian Museum 39 (1): 1-66. (Sigaloseps, new genus).
Sadlier RA, Bauer AM (1999). "The Scincid Lizard Genus Sigaloseps (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the Southwest Pacific: Description of a New Species and Review of the Biology, Distribution, and Morphology of Sigaloseps deplanchei (Bavay)". Rec. Australian Mus. 51 (1): 83–91. (Sigaloseps ruficauda, new species, pp. 84–87, Figures 1–6).