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Geoscincus haraldmeieri (BÖHME, 1976)

IUCN Red List - Geoscincus haraldmeieri - Critically Endangered, CR

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymEugongylus 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 
DistributionNew Caledonia

Type locality: New Caledonia, vicinity of Coula, 500 m elevation  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: ZFMK 15888 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (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)


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CommentType 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). This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024. Apparently only known from the types (Böhme 2014). 
EtymologyNamed after Harld Meier (1922-2007), German naturalist. 
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
  • Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - 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
 
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