Marmorosphax, is a 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 native to
New Caledonia
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Species
Listed alphabetically by
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
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''Marmorosphax''
The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
*'' Marmorosphax boulinda''
*'' Marmorosphax kaala''
*'' Marmorosphax montana''
*'' Marmorosphax taom''
*'' Marmorosphax tricolor'' – marble-throated skink
''Nota bene
(, or ; plural form ) is a Latin phrase meaning "note well".
It is often abbreviated as NB, n.b., or with the ligature
and first appeared in English writing . In Modern English, it is used, particularly in legal papers, to draw the atten ...
'': A binomial authority
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Marmorosphax''.
References
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Ross Allen Sadlier
Skinks of New Caledonia
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