The scincid lizard Lioscincus tillieri (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific: new information on the species’ biology, distribution and morphology

  • Author
    Ross A. Sadlier; Aaron M. Bauer
  • Year
    1999
  • Journal
    Records of the Australian Museum
  • Publisher
    The Australian Museum

Abstract

Lioscincus tillieri was originally described in 1991 from a single juvenile specimen. Field observations on the species at several localities and the acquisition of a further fifteen specimens collected between 1995 and 1998 have provided new data on its biology, distribution, and morphology. Most notably L. tillieri is now known to have a live-bearing mode of reproduction, only the second occurrence of viviparity in the endemic New Caledonian skink fauna.

 
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Short Form
Sadlier and Bauer, 1999, Rec. Aust. Mus. 51(1): 93–98
Author
Ross A. Sadlier; Aaron M. Bauer
Year
1999
Title
The scincid lizard Lioscincus tillieri (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific: new information on the species’ biology, distribution and morphology
Serial Title
Records of the Australian Museum
Volume
51
Issue
1
Start Page
93
End Page
98
DOI
10.3853/j.0067-1975.51.1999.1297
Language
en
Date Published
07 June 1999
Cover Date
07 June 1999
ISSN (print)
0067-1975
CODEN
RAUMAJ
Publisher
The Australian Museum
Place Published
Sydney, Australia
Subjects
REPTILIA; NEW CALEDONIA; TAXONOMY
Digitized
07 June 1999
Available Online
07 June 1999
Reference Number
1297
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