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Caledoniscincus aquilonius SADLIER, BAUER & COLGAN, 1999

IUCN Red List - Caledoniscincus aquilonius - Near Threatened, NT
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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCaledoniscincus aquilonius SADLIER, BAUER & COLGAN 1999
Caledoniscincus aquilonius — SMITH et al. 2007
Caledoniscincus aquilonius — SLAVENKO et al. 2025 
DistributionNew Caledonia

Type locality: Mt. Panié, New Caledonia (20°33’27”S, 164° 47’ 15” E.  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: AMS R144200, collected by R. Sadlier, 20.viii.1994 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the Latin “aquilonius”, meaning northern, alluding to the distribution of this species in the north of New Caledonia. 
References
  • 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.
  • DUVAL, Thomas; Stéphane ASTRONGATT & Mickaël SANCHEZ 2019. Inventaire herpétologique de la forêt de Povila (province Nord, Nouvelle-Calédonie), avec une comparaison des protocoles de détection. Bull. Soc. Herp. Fr. 171: 13-36
  • Sadlier, R.A., Bauer,A.M. & Colgan,D.J. 1999. The scincid lizard genus Caledoniscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the Southwest Pacific: a review of Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus (Bavay) and description of six new species from Province Nord. Rec. Austral. Mus. 51 (1): 57-82 - get paper here
  • Slavenko, Alex; Allex Allison, Christopher Austin, Aaron Bauer, Rafe Brown, Robert Fisher, Ivan Ineich, Bulisa Iova, Benjamin Karin, Fred Kraus, Mark O’Shea, Sven Mecke, Shai Meiri, Clare Morrison, Paul Oliver, Jonathan Richmond, Glenn Shea, Oliver T 2022. Skinks of Oceania, New Guinea, and Eastern Wallacea: an underexplored biodiversity hotspot. Pacific Conservation Biology 29 (6): 526-543 - get paper here
  • Smith, Sarah A.; Ross A. Sadlier, Aaron M. Bauer, Christopher C. Austin and Todd Jackman 2007. Molecular phylogeny of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia and adjacent areas: Evidence for a single origin of the endemic skinks of Tasmantis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43 (3): 1151-1166 - 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
 
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