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Caledoniscincus cryptos SADLIER, BAUER & COLGAN, 1999

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCaledoniscincus cryptos SADLIER, BAUER & COLGAN 1999 
DistributionNew Caledonia (ranges near Col d’Amieu in the central ranges).

Type locality: 8.3 km from Kouaoua/Canala road intersection on La Foa road, New Caledonia (21° 34’ S, 165° 49’ E)  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: AMS R135141, collected by R. Sadlier, 18.iii.1990 
DiagnosisDescription: Une petite espèce de scinque, de surface, alerte, présentant une longueur de corps de 45mm, avec les membres bien développés et les écailles du corps garnies de 3 crêtes ou carènes distinctes. La coloration n'est connue que d'un seul adulte mâle qui est d'un brun foncé, avec une couleur faciale noire et de nombreux points pâles à bordure sombres sur tout le corps, formant une série de barres transversales irrégulières (*pour plus de détails voir : Sadlier et al., 1999; from https://endemia.nc/faune/fiche1045). 
CommentAbundance: only known from the type specimen (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyNamed after the Greek “cryptos”, for hidden or concealed, alluding to the recognition of this species through genetic analyses only (i.e. different patterns in protein electrophoresis). 
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.
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
  • Sadlier, R.A., Bauer,A.M. & Colgan,D.J. 1999. The scincid lizard genus Caledoniscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the Southwest Pacific: a review of Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus (Bavay) and description of six new species from Province Nord. Rec. Austral. Mus. 51 (1): 57-82 - 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
 
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