Lacertoides pardalis SADLIER, SHEA & BAUER, 1997

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Lacertoides pardalis SADLIER, SHEA & BAUER 1997 Lacertoides pardalis — BAUER & SADLIER 2000
Distribution	New Caledonia Type locality: lower slopes of Kwa Neie.
Reproduction	viviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: AMS R148050, Australian Museum Sydney
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (genus): Sadlier et al. 1997. Additional details (42 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	This species is a member of the Eugongylus group, but is not readily assignable to any known genus. The most notable of its several derived characteristics is the extraordinarily large number of small body scales. Type Species: Lacertoides pardalis SADLIER, SHEA & BAUER 1997 is the type species of the genus Lacertoides SADLIER, SHEA & BAUER 1997.
References	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. Sadlier R A. Shea G M. Bauer A M. 1997. A new genus and species of lizard (Squamata, Scincidae) from New Caledonia, southwest Pacific. MEMOIRES DU MUSEUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE 171: 379-385 Sadlier R.A., Shea G.M., Jourdan Hervé, Whitaker A.H., Bauer A.M. 2014. The New Caledonian leopard skink Lacertoides pardalis (Reptilia: Scincidae): a review of the species' morphology, distribution, behavior and conservation. In: Guilbert E. (ed.), Robillard T. (ed.), Jourdan Hervé (ed.), Grandcolas P. (ed.) Zoologia ne Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (206): 31-44 - get paper here Sadlier, Ross A.; Gerry Swan, Stephane Astrongatt and Stephane McCoy 2018. New Information on Distribution and Habitat Preferences of the Leopard Skink, Lacertoides pardalis, across the Ultramafic Surfaces of Southern New Caledonia. Pacific Science 72 (2): 271-283 - get paper here 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://endemia.nc/en/faune/fiche1061 Google images

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