Phoboscincus bocourti (BROCCHI, 1876)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | Bocourt’s terrific Skink, Bocourt's Eyelid Skink |
Synonym | Eumeces bocourti BROCCHI 1876 Phoboscincus bocourti - GREER 1974 Phoboscincus bocourti - SADLIER 1987 Eumeces bocourti — FRANK & RAMUS 1995 Phoboscincus bocourti — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995 Phoboscincus bocourti — BAUER & SADLIER 2000 Phoboscincus bocourti — LIVIGNI 2013: 313 |
Distribution | New Caledonia (small islet south of Grande Terre, off Isle of Pines) Type locality: “Nouvelle-Calédonie”. Map legend: ![]() NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and not in every cases it works well. We are working on it. |
Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: MNHN 3029 |
Comment | Boulenger (1883) described Eumeces Bocourtii from Mexico. Conservation: Has been considered extinct because no specimens have been found between 1872 and 13 (BAUER & SADLIER 13) but about 10 specimens have been found by Ineich (200) and Caut et al. 2013. Type Species: Eumeces bocourti is the type species of the genus Phoboscincus GREER 174. Diagnosis (genus): “Large (SVL up to 280 mm), terrestrial skinks with supranasals, scaly lower eyelids, fuse frontoparietals, and sharply pointed, recurved fang-like teeth in the anterior part of both the upper and lower jaws.” (GREER 174). |
Etymology | Named after Marie Firmin Bocourt (1819-1904), French naturalist. |
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