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Sigaloseps deplanchei (BAVAY, 1869)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLygosoma deplanchei BAVAY 1869: 23 (non L. Deplanchei BOCAGE 1873)
Hinulia tetragonurus GÜNTHER 1872: 420
Mocoa Deplanchei — MÜLLER 1880
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) deplanchi [sic] — SMITH 1937: 220
Leiolopisma deplanchei — ZUG 1985
Sigaloseps deplanchei — SADLIER 1987: 50
Sigaloseps deplanchei — BAUER & VINDUM 1990
Sigalospes deplanchei — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995 (in error)
Sigaloseps deplanchei — BAUER & SADLIER 2000
Sigaloseps deplanchei — SADLIER et al. 2014: 87 
DistributionNew Caledonia (endemic to moist, closed forest in the ultramafic block in the southern third of the island)

Type locality: “Nouvelle-Calédonie” (by implication).  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 86.9.16.1 (designated by Sadlier 1986)
Holotype: BMNH 71.4.16.42, adult male [Hinulia tetragonurus] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): The species of Sigaloseps are small in size with a maximum snout-vent length of 38.5 mm for S. pisinnus n. sp. to 60 mm for S. ruficauda s.s., have a stout body, moderately well developed limbs and digits, and a short (~100% of SVL for S. deplanchei s.s.) to moderately long tail (150% for S. ruficauda s.s.). The ear opening is moderately large and *lacks obviously enlarged lobules around the anterior edge [*denotes apomorphic character states within the Eugongylus group as defined by Sadlier, (2010)] [SADLIER et al. 2014].


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CommentAbundance: Common where it is found.

Type Species: Lygosoma deplanchei BAVAY 1869 is the type species of the genus Sigaloseps SADLIER 1986. 
EtymologyNamed after Emile Deplanche (1824-1875), a surgeon in the French navy. 
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
  • Bauer, Aaron M.;Vindum, Jens V. 1990. A checklist and key to the herpetofauna of New Caledonia, with remarks on biogeography. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 47 (2): 17-45 - get paper here
  • Bavay,A. 1869. Catalogue des Reptiles de las Nouvelle - Caledonie et description d'especes nouvelles. Memoires Societe Linniene de Normandie 15: 1-37
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Günther, A. 1872. On some new species of reptiles and fishes collected by J. Brenchley, Esq. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 10 (60): 418-426. - get paper here
  • Müller, F. 1880. Erster Nachtrag zum Katalog der herpetologischen Sammlung des Basler Museums. Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 7: 120-165 - 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. & Bauer,A.M. 1999. The scincid lizard genus Sigaloseps (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the Southwest Pacific: description of a new species and review of the biology, distribution and morphology of Sigaloseps deplanchei (Bavay). Rec. Austral. Mus. 51 (1): 83-91 - get paper here
  • Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
  • 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
  • Zug,G. R. 1985. A new skink (Reptilia: Sauria: Leiolopisma) from Fiji. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 98 (1): 221-231 - get paper here
 
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