Biology:Caledoniscincus chazeaui
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Caledoniscincus |
| Species: | C. chazeaui
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| Caledoniscincus chazeaui Sadlier, Bauer & Colgan, 1999
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Caledoniscincus chazeaui, also known commonly as Chazeau's litter skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Caledonia.[1][2]
Etymology
The specific name, chazeaui, is in honor of New Caledonian zoologist Jean Chazeau.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. chazeaui is forest at altitudes up to 900 m (3,000 ft).[1]
Behavior
C. chazeaui is terrestrial and diurnal.[1]
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of C. chazeaui is unknown.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namediucn status 18 November 2021 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Caledoniscincus chazeaui at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Caledoniscincus chazeaui, p. 52).
Further reading
- Sadlier RA, Bauer AM, Colgan DJ (1999). "The Scincid Lizard Genus Caledoniscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the Southwest Pacific: A Review of Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus (Bavay) and Description of Six New Species from Province Nord". Records of the Australian Museum 51 (1): 57–82. (Caledoniscincus chazeaui, new species, pp. 72–74, figures 5, 11–13).
- Smith SA, Sadlier RA, Bauer AM, Austin CC, Jackman TR (2007). "Molecular phylogeny of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia and adjacent areas: Evidence for a single origin of the endemic skinks of Tasmantis". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43 (3): 1151–1166.
Wikidata ☰ Q5127093 entry
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