| 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).
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| 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. (eds.) 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
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