''Sigaloseps'' is a

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s which inhabit the moist, closed forest of southern

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Conservation status

There is some conservation concern for ''Sigaloseps'' because of mining activity taking place in the region.

Species

The following 6

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are recognized as being valid. *'' Sigaloseps balios'' *'' Sigaloseps conditus'' *''

Sigaloseps deplanchei ''Sigaloseps'' is a genus of skinks which inhabit the moist, closed forest of southern New Caledonia. Conservation status There is some conservation concern for ''Sigaloseps'' because of mining activity taking place in the region. Species The ...

'' - Deplanche's shiny skink *'' Sigaloseps ferrugicauda'' *'' Sigaloseps pisinnus'' *'' Sigaloseps ruficauda'' ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Sigaloseps''.

Etymology

The

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, ''deplanchei'', is in honor of

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Émile Deplanche.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Sigaloseps deplanchei'', p. 69).

References

). * Sadlier RA (1987). "A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia". ''Records of the Australian Museum'' 39 (1): 1-66. (''Sigaloseps'', new genus). *Sadlier RA, Bauer AM (1999). "The Scincid Lizard Genus ''Sigaloseps'' (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the Southwest Pacific: Description of a New Species and Review of the Biology, Distribution, and Morphology of ''Sigaloseps deplanchei'' (Bavay)". ''Rec. Australian Mus.'' 51 (1): 83–91. (''Sigaloseps ruficauda'', new species, pp. 84–87, Figures 1–6). Lizard genera Taxa named by Ross Allen Sadlier Skinks of New Caledonia {{Eugongylinae-stub

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