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Nannoscincus mariei (BAVAY, 1869)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAnotis mariei BAVAY 1869: 29
Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) mariae — SMITH 1937: 224
Anotis mariae — GREER 1974: 19
Nannoscincus mariei — SADLIER 1987: 56
Nannoscincus mariei — BAUER & VINDUM 1990
Nannoscincus mariei — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995
Nannoscincus mariei — SADLIER et al. 2014 
DistributionNew Caledonia (Mt. Koghis, Goro Plateau)

Type locality: “Nouvelle-Calédonie” (by implication).  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 1946.8.17.79 (formerly 84.12.8.3), designated by Sadlier 1986. Paralectotypes: MNHN 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Nannoscincus mariei can be distinguished from all other members of the genus by the following combination of characters: frontoparietals paired; loreal single; left oviduct lost in females; lower eyelid 'scaled'; ear opening absent; body scales with 3-4 fine, longitudinal, striations; adult body colour relatively uniform with little or no difference in tone between the dorsal and lateral surfaces; presacral vertebrae 29-32; phalangeal formula for pes 2.3.4.4.3. Nannoscincus mariei is a distinctive species, aside from the suite of derived character states above it also has an enlarged terminal scale to the digits (Sadlier 1986 - Fig. 78) - the significance of this character is unknown, other than the claw appears to retract within the scale to some degree (Sadlier et al. 2002: 238).


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CommentSynonymy: Nannoscincus fuscus GÜNTHER 1872: 42 has been removed from the synonymy of N. mariei by SADLIER 2014.

Abundance: Common where it is found.

Distribution: see map in SADLIER et al. 2014: 54. 
EtymologyNamed after E. A. Marie (1835-1889), a French collector who traveled in New Caledonia (1869), Guadeloupe (1874), and Madagascar (1878). 
References
  • Adler,G.H.; Austin,C.C. & Dudley,R. 1995. Dispersal and speciation of skinks among archipelagos in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Evolutionary Ecology 9: 529-541 - get paper here
  • Bauer, A. M. & SADLIER, R. A. 2000. The herpetofauna of New Caledonia. Contributions to Herpetology, 17; Society for Study Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, New York.
  • Bauer, A.M. & Sadlier,R.A. 1993. Systematics, biogeography and conservation of the lizards of New Caledonia. Biodiv. Lett. 1: 107-122 - get paper here
  • Bauer, Aaron M.;Vindum, Jens V. 1990. A checklist and key to the herpetofauna of New Caledonia, with remarks on biogeography. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 47 (2): 17-45 - get paper here
  • Bavay,A. 1869. Catalogue des Reptiles de las Nouvelle - Caledonie et description d'especes nouvelles. Memoires Societe Linniene de Normandie 15: 1-37
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 1-67. - get paper here
  • Langner, C. 2015. Auf der Suche nach Neukaledonischen Riesengeckos. Reptilia (Münster) 20 (113): 34-44 - get paper here
  • Sadlier R A 1987. A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia. Rec. Austral. Mus. 39(1) 1987: 1-66 [1986] - get paper here
  • Sadlier, R. A., A. M. BAUER & A. H. WHITAKER 2002. The scincid lizard genus Nannoscincus from New Caledonia in Southwest Pacific: a review of the morphology and distribution of species in the Nannoscincus mariei species group, including the description of three new species from Province Nord. Zoologica Neocaledonica 5. Systématic et endemisme en Nouvellee-Calédonie. pp 233-255. J. Naut & P. Grandcolas (Eds). Memoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Vol. 187 , Paris
  • Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., and Whitaker, A.H. 2002. The scincid lizard genus Nannoscincus Günther from New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific: a review of the morphology and distribution of species in the Nannoscincus mariei species group, including the description of three new species from the Provin Zoologica Neocaledonia 5, Mem. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 187:269-276.
  • SADLIER, Ross A.; Aaron M. BAUER, Perry L. WOOD Jr., Sarah A. SMITH, Anthony H. WHITAKER & Todd JACKMAN 2014. Cryptic speciation in the New Caledonian lizard genus Nannoscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) including the description of a new species and recognition of Nannoscincus fuscus Gunther. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 206: 45-68.
  • Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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