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Graciliscincus shonae SADLIER, 1987

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Sadlier's Skink 
SynonymGraciliscincus shonae SADLIER 1987: 12
Graciliscincus shonae — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995
Graciliscincus shonae — BAUER & SADLIER 2000
Graciliscincus shonae — SADLIER et al. 2018
Graciliscincus shonae — SLAVENKO et al. 2025 
DistributionNew Caledonia

Type locality: 4 km along the Mt Gouemba road from turnoff 3 km south of La Fause Yaté Bridge, New Caledonia.  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: AMS (AM) R78143, male 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus). Graciliscincus can be distinguished from other genera in the Eugongylus group by the following combination of characters: depressed and elongate body form; supranasals absent; prefrontals small and widely separated; upper labials 5, third subocular; postmental contacting first lower labial only; lower eyelid with semi-transparent disc; ear opening minute; presacral vertebrae 36. (Sadlier 1987)


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CommentRare.

Type species: Graciliscincus shonae SADLIER 1987 is the type species of the genus Graciliscincus SADLIER 1987: 12.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Shona Sadlier, Ross Sadlier’s wife at the time of description. The species has been named after Latin “gracilis”, meaning small or lanky, or gracile.

The genus name Graciliscincus is derived after Latin “gracilis”, meaning small or lanky, or gracile, and scincus. 
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
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Pauwels, Olivier S. G. and Richard Wahlgren 2012. Book review: Beolens Bo, Watkins Michael, and Grayson Michael (2011), The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Russ. J. Herpetol. 19 (4): 352 – 355 - 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., and Bauer, A.M. 2002. The scincid lizard Graciliscincus shonae (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific: a review of the species morphology, distribution, and conservation status. Zoologica Neocaledonica 5, Mem. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 187:233-255
  • Sadlier, Ross A.; Gerry Swan, Stéphane Astrongatt, Stephane McCoy and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. A Review of the Morphology, Biology, Distribution and Conservation Status of the New Caledonian Scincid Lizard Simiscincus aurantiacus (Reptilia: Scincidae). Records of the Australian Museum 70 (5): 435–446. - 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
  • 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
  • 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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