Caledoniscincus chazeaui SADLIER, BAUER & COLGAN, 1999

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Caledoniscincus chazeaui SADLIER, BAUER & COLGAN 1999 Caledoniscincus chazeaui — SMITH et al. 2007
Distribution	New Caledonia (northeast coast in the vicinity of Hienghène). Type locality: Koulnoué, Hienghène region, New Caledonia (20°41 32”’S, 164° 59’ 10” E)
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: AMS R138515, collected R. Sadlier & A. Bauer, 26.ii.1992
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named for Jean Chazeau of the Laboratoire de Zoologie Appliquée at ORSTOM Nouméa, “in recognitionof his generous support and enthusiasm for our research on New Caledonian lizards” (SADLIER, BAUER & COLGAN 1999).
References	Bauer, A. M. & SADLIER, R. A. (eds.) 2000. The herpetofauna of New Caledonia. Contributions to Herpetology, 17; Society for Study Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, New York. Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here 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 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://endemia.nc/faune/fiche1044 Google images

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