''Geoscincus'' is a
monotypic genus of
skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...
s: the only accepted
species is ''Geoscincus haraldmeieri'' (Meier's skink).
Etymology
''G. haraldmeieri'' is named after German herpetologist
Harald Meier
Harald Meier (1922 – 2007)Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians''. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing Ltd. xiii + 262 pp. . ("Harald Meier", p. 89). was a German herpetologist.Beolens, Bo; ...
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[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Geoscincus haraldmeieri'', p. 175).]
Geographic range
''G. haraldmeieri'' is only known from two specimens collected near Coula,
New Caledonia
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Habitat and conservation status
The habitat of ''G. haraldmeieri'' has since been substantially modified, and the present status of the species is unknown.[
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References
Further reading
* 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).
Skinks
Monotypic lizard genera
Skinks of New Caledonia
Endemic fauna of New Caledonia
Taxa named by Ross Allen Sadlier
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