Nannoscincus rankini SADLIER, 1987

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Rankin's Elf Skink
Synonym	Nannoscincus rankini SADLIER 1987: 62 Nannoscincus rankini — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995 Nannoscincus rankini — BAUER & SADLIER 2000 Nannoscincus rankini — SADLIER et al. 2014
Distribution	New Caledonia (Mont Aoupinié, elevations > 900 m). Type locality: summit of Mt Aoupinié (1086 m elevation), New Caledonia, 21° 11’ S, 165° 16’ E.
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: AMS (AM) R77736, adult male
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Nannoscincus rankini can be distinguished from all other members of the genus by the following combination of characters: frontoparietals fused; loreal Single; left oviduct lost in females; lower eyelid with a semi-translucent window; ear opening minute; body scales with 3-4 fine, longitudinal, striations; adult body colour relatively uniform; ear opening positioned two scales posterior to lower secondary temporal; presacral vertebrae 29-30; phalangeal formula for pes 2.3.4.4.3 (Sadlier et al. 2002: 241).
Comment	Conservation: Rare. Distribution: see map in SADLIER et al. 2014: 54. Abundance: Rare. This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024.
Etymology	Named for the late Peter Rankin, a friend of Ross Sadlier. Rankin died in January 1979 while collecting reptiles with Sadlier in New Caledonia.
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 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 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 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/fiche1081 Google images

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