Graciliscincus shonae SADLIER, 1987

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Sadlier's Skink
Synonym	Graciliscincus shonae SADLIER 1987: 12 Graciliscincus shonae — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995 Graciliscincus shonae — BAUER & SADLIER 2000 Graciliscincus shonae — SADLIER et al. 2018
Distribution	New Caledonia Type locality: 4 km along the Mt Gouemba road from turnoff 3 km south of La Fause Yaté Bridge, New Caledonia.
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: AMS (AM) R78143, male
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (genus). Graciliscincus can be distinguished from other genera in the Eugongylus group by the following combination of characters: depressed and elongate body form; supranasals absent; prefrontals small and widely separated; upper labials 5, third subocular; postmental contacting first lower labial only; lower eyelid with semi-transparent disc; ear opening minute; presacral vertebrae 36. (Sadlier 1987)
Comment	Rare. Type species: Graciliscincus shonae SADLIER 1987 is the type species of the genus Graciliscincus SADLIER 1987: 12. Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.
Etymology	Named after Shona Sadlier, Ross Sadlier’s wife at the time of description. The species has been named after Latin “gracilis”, meaning small or lanky, or gracile.
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 Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Pauwels, Olivier S. G. and Richard Wahlgren 2012. Beolens Bo, Watkins Michael, and Grayson Michael (2011), The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Russ. J. Herpetol. 19 (4): 352 – 355 - 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., and Bauer, A.M. 2002. The scincid lizard Graciliscincus shonae (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific: a review of the species morphology, distribution, and conservation status. Zoologica Neocaledonica 5, Mem. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 187:233-255 Sadlier, Ross A.; Gerry Swan, Stéphane Astrongatt, Stephane McCoy and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. A Review of the Morphology, Biology, Distribution and Conservation Status of the New Caledonian Scincid Lizard Simiscincus aurantiacus (Reptilia: Scincidae). Records of the Australian Museum 70 (5): 435–446. - get paper here Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - 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/fiche1059 Google images

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