Geoscincus haraldmeieri (BÖHME, 1976)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Eugongylus haraldmeieri BÖHME 1976 Geoscincus haraldmeieri — SADLIER 1987: 6 Geoscincus haraldmeieri — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995 Geoscincus haraldmeieri — BAUER & SADLIER 2000 Geoscincus haraldmeieri — BÖHME 2014: 153 Geoscincus haraldmeieri — CHAPPLE et al. 2023
Distribution	New Caledonia Type locality: New Caledonia, vicinity of Coula, 500 m elevation
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: ZFMK 15888
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (genus). Supranasals absent; last upper labial greatly reduced and repositioned posteriorly! temporal and posterior head shields fragmented; panetais each bordered by 2 upper secondary temporals, single nuchal and internuchal; chinshields 2, second pair and post genials seperated from contact with lo~er labials by row of small lateral chin scales; auricular lobules absent; premaxilliary teeth 6-9; large size (maximum SVL 112 mm). (Sadlier 1987: 6) Additional details (39 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Type species: Eugongylus haraldmeieri BÖHME 1976 is the type species of the genus Geoscincus SADLIER 1986: 6. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). Apparently only known from the types (Böhme 2014). Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.
Etymology	Named after Harld Meier (1922-2007), German naturalist. "The genus name Geoscincus combines the Greek for earth (geo) with Neo-Latin for skink (scincus)" (Sadlier, 1987).
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 Böhme, W. 2009. Erinnerung an ein DGHT-Urgestein: Harald Meier (1922-2007). Elaphe 17 (1): 36-43 Böhme,W. 1976. Über die Gattung Eugongylus Fitzinger, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art (Reptilia: Scincidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 27: 245-251 - get paper here Chapple, D., Chapple, S., Smith, S., Shea, G., Brennan, I., & Sadlier, R. 2023. Phylogenetic relationships in the Eugongylini (Squamata: Scincidae): generic limits and biogeography. Australian Journal of Zoology 70(6): 165–203 - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - 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 Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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