Australian Museum Journal The scincid lizard Lioscincus tillieri (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific: new information on the species’ biology, distribution and morphology
- Shortform:
- Sadlier and Bauer, 1999, Rec. Aust. Mus. 51(1): 93–98
- Author(s):
- Sadlier, Ross A.; Bauer, Aaron M.
- Year published:
- 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:
- English
- Date published:
- 06 July 1999
- Cover date:
- 06 July 1999
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- REPTILIA; NEW CALEDONIA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 06 July 1999
- Available online:
- 06 July 1999
- Reference number:
- 1297
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (9kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (357kb PDF)
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.