Tropidoscincus variabilis (BAVAY, 1869)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Tropidolopisma variabilis BAVAY 1869: 26 Lygosoma röhssii ANDERSSON 1908: 4 Lygosoma variable — WERNER 1910: 270 Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) variable [sic] — SMITH 1937: 225 Leiolopisma variabile — GREER 1974: 17 Leiolopisma variabile — ZUG 1985 Leiolopisma viriable — BAUER & DEVANEY 1987 (in error) Tropidoscincus rohsii — SADLIER 1987 Tropidoscincus variabilis — SADLIER 1987: 24 Tropidoscincus roehssii — BAUER & VINDUM 1990 Tropidoscincus variabilis — BAUER & VINDUM 1990 Leiolopisma variabile — FRANK & RAMUS 1995 Tropidoscincus roehssii — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995 Tropidoscincus variabilis — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995 Tropidoscincus variabilis — SADLIER & BAUER, 2000
Distribution	New Caledonia roehssii: SE New Caledonia. Type locality: “Nouvelle-Calédonie” (by implication).
Reproduction
Types	Syntypes: MNHN-RA 6225 (1870.5, 2975A), 6225A, 6210 (1870.5, 2975B), 6210A, New Caledonia, collected M. Marie; 7129 (1870.97, 2969A), New Caledonia, collected M. Panchen, 25.viii.1870) (see Brygoo, 1985). The existence of syntypes renders invalid the designation of a neotype (AMS R77875, Mt Panie, New Caledonia) by Sadlier (1987: 24).
Diagnosis
Comment	Synonymy: Lygosoma röhssii has been synonymized with T. variabilis by SADLIER & BAUER, 2000. Abundance: Common where it is found.
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 Andersson, L. G. 1908. Two new lizards (Eurydactylus and Lygosoma) from New Caledonia. Arkiv för Zoologi, Utgivet Av Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademien, Stockholm, 4:1-5. - 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.; DeVaney, K. D. 1987. Comparative aspects of diet and habitat in some New Caledonian lizards. Amphibia-Reptilia 8: 365-372 - get paper here 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 Bauer, Aaron M.;Vindum, Jens V. 1990. A checklist and key to the herpetofauna of New Caledonia, with remarks on biogeography. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 47 (2): 17-45 - get paper here Bavay,A. 1869. Catalogue des Reptiles de las Nouvelle - Caledonie et description d'especes nouvelles. Memoires Societe Linniene de Normandie 15: 1-37 Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 1-67. - 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 Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234 Werner, F. 1910. Neue oder seltenere Reptilien des Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique in Brüssel. [Mabuia dolloi, Mabuia polylepis]. Zool. Jb. Abt. Syst. Okol. Geogr. 28 [1909]: 263-288. - get paper here Zug,G. R. 1985. A new skink (Reptilia: Sauria: Leiolopisma) from Fiji. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 98 (1): 221-231 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://endemia.nc/en/faune/fiche1094 Google images

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