Geoscincus is a monotypic genus of skinks: the only accepted species is Geoscincus haraldmeieri (Meier's skink).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Geoscincus Sadlier, 1987 |
| Species: | G. haraldmeieri
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| Geoscincus haraldmeieri (Böhme, 1976)
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Etymology edit
G. haraldmeieri is named after German herpetologist Harald Meier.[2][3]
Geographic range edit
G. haraldmeieri is only known from two specimens collected near Coula, New Caledonia.[1]
Habitat and conservation status edit
The habitat of G. haraldmeieri has since been substantially modified, and the present status of the species is unknown.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Sadlier, R.A.; Bauer, A.M.; Jourdan , H.; Astrongatt, S.; Deuss, M.; Duval, T.; Bourguet, E.; McCoy, S.; Bouteiller, A.; Lagrange, A. (2021). "Geoscincus haraldmeieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T176134A123247906. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176134A123247906.en. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ a b Geoscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Geoscincus haraldmeieri, p. 175).
Further reading edit
- Böhme W (1976). "Über die Gattung Eugongylus Fitzinger, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art (Reptilia: Scincidae) [=About the genus Eugongylus Fitzinger, with description of a new species (Reptilia: Scincidae)]". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 27: 245–251. (Eugongylus haraldmeieri, new species, pp. 248–249 + photograph on p. 245). (in German).
- Sadlier RA (1987). "A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia". Rec. Australian Mus. 39 (1): 1-66. (Geoscincus, new genus, p. 6; G. haraldmeieri, new combination, pp. 6–7, Figures 4–7).
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