Nannoscincus garrulus SADLIER, BAUER & SMITH, 2006

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Nannoscincus garrulus SADLIER, BAUER & SMITH 2006 Nannoscincus garrulus — SADLIER et al. 2014
Distribution	S New Caledonia (Pic Ningua and adjacent Mont Çidoa) Type locality: Pic Ningua, 17.0 km south of Nakaré, Province Sud, New Caledonia (21°44'25"S, 166°09'21"E).
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 2003.1002, collected by R.A. Sadlier, A.M. Bauer, T. Jackman, & C.C. Austin on 27 September 2002. PARATYPES: AMS R163451–52, CAS 226164–65, MCZ R183655 same collection data as holotype; AMS R163453– 57, CAS 226166–67 Pic Ningua, 17.0 km south of Nakaré, Province Sud, New Caledonia (21°44'36"S 166°09'02"E), collected by R.A. Sadlier, A.M. Bauer, T. Jackman, & C.C. Austin on 26 September 2002.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Nannoscincus garrulus is a large and elongate member of the genus with a two-toned colour pattern on the body (Fig. 1). It can be distinguished from all other members of the genus by the following combination of characters: frontoparietals divided; two loreals, anterior loreal a small semilunar scale positioned off the postero- dorsal edge of the enlarged nasal scale and failing to contact the labials; seven or more upper labial scales; left and right oviduct present in females; lower eyelid “scaled”; ear opening minute; body scales striated; adult dorsal colour two-toned; ear opening positioned four scales posterior to lower secondary temporal; presacral vertebrae 33–34; phalangeal formula for manus 2.3.3.3.3; phalangeal formula for pes 2.3.4.4.3.
Comment	This is the only species of Nannoscincus recorded as being able to vocalise. Distribution: see map in SADLIER et al. 2014: 56. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024.
Etymology	The specific epithet is the Latin word garrulus, meaning talkative, and is in reference to the tendency for this species to emit a squeaking sound when distressed.
References	Barts, M. 2006. Verbeulte Geckos und geschwätzige Skinke - neue Echsen aus Neukaledonien. Terraria 1 (1): 28-29 Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here 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.; Smith, S.A. 2006. A new species of Nannoscincus Gunther (Squamata: Scincidae) from high elevation forest in southern New Caledonia. Rec. Austral. Mus. 58 (1):29-36. - 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/fiche4953 Google images

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