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Lacertoides pardalis SADLIER, SHEA & BAUER, 1997

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: New Caledonian Leopard Skink 
SynonymLacertoides pardalis SADLIER, SHEA & BAUER 1997
Lacertoides pardalis — BAUER & SADLIER 2000 
DistributionNew Caledonia

Type locality: lower slopes of Kwa Neie.  
Reproductionviviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: AMS R148050, Australian Museum Sydney, female 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Sadlier et al. 1997.


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CommentThis species is a member of the Eugongylus group, but is not readily assignable to any known genus. The most notable of its several derived characteristics is the extraordinarily large number of small body scales.

Type Species: Lacertoides pardalis SADLIER, SHEA & BAUER 1997 is the type species of the genus Lacertoides SADLIER, SHEA & BAUER 1997.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin pardalis, a leopard, alluding to the ocellated color pattern. It is a noun in apposition.

The genus name alludes to the superficial resemblance to some lizards of the genus Lacerta (family Lacertidae), due to the combination of large head shields, small body scales, and ocellated color pattern. The gender is masculine (Article 30(b) of the Code of Zoological Nomenclature).
 
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.
  • DEUSS, MATTHIAS & HERVÉ JOURDAN. 2022. Assessment of Glue Traps in Subtropical Maquis Shrubland: Applications for the Study of the New Caledonian Leopard Skink (lacertoides pardalis). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 17(3): 489–501. - get paper here
  • Deuss, Matthias; Alice Bousseyroux, Pierre-Louis Stenger & Hervé Jourdan 2024. Social Structure and Habitat Use of New Caledonian Leopard Skinks (Scincidae: Lacertoides pardalis): A Radiotelemetric Study Journal of Herpetology 58 (2): 148-161 - get paper here
  • Sadlier R A. Shea G M. Bauer A M. 1997. A new genus and species of lizard (Squamata, Scincidae) from New Caledonia, southwest Pacific. MEMOIRES DU MUSEUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE 171: 379-385
  • Sadlier R.A., Shea G.M., Jourdan Hervé, Whitaker A.H., Bauer A.M. 2014. The New Caledonian leopard skink Lacertoides pardalis (Reptilia: Scincidae): a review of the species' morphology, distribution, behavior and conservation. In: Guilbert E. (ed.), Robillard T. (ed.), Jourdan Hervé (ed.), Grandcolas P. (ed.) Zoologia neocaledonica : 8. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (206): 31-44 - get paper here
  • Sadlier, Ross A.; Gerry Swan, Stephane Astrongatt and Stephane McCoy 2018. New Information on Distribution and Habitat Preferences of the Leopard Skink, Lacertoides pardalis, across the Ultramafic Surfaces of Southern New Caledonia. Pacific Science 72 (2): 271-283 - 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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