View source for Biology:Phasmasaurus tillieri

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
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| status = NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>Whitaker AH, Sadlier RA (2018). "''Phasmasaurus tillieri'' (amended version of 2011 assessment)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T176190A123260546. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T176190A123260546.en. Downloaded on 27 March 2020.</ref>
| genus = Phasmasaurus
| species = tillieri
| authority = (Ineich & Sadlier, 1991)
| range_map = 
| synonyms = *''Leiolopisma tillieri'' <br>{{small|Ineich & Sadlier, 1991}}
*''Lioscincus tillieri'' <br>{{small|— Bauer & Sadlier, 1993}}
*''Phasmasaurus tillieri'' <br>{{small|— Sadlier et al., 2015}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB/>
}}

'''''Phasmasaurus tillieri''''', [[Biology:Common name|commonly]] known as '''Tillier's maquis skink''', is a [[Biology:Species|species]] of [[Biology:Lizard|lizard]] in the family [[Biology:Scincidae|Scincidae]]. It is [[Biology:Endemism|endemic]] to [[Earth:New Caledonia|New Caledonia]].<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL species|genus=Phasmasaurus|species=tillieri}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

==Etymology==
The [[Biology:Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''tillieri'', is in honor of French zoologist Simon Tillier.<ref>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}}. (''Lioscincus tillieri'', p. 266).</ref>

==Geographic range==
''P. tillieri'' is found in southern New Caledonia.<ref name=RDB/>

==Habitat==
The preferred natural [[Earth:Habitat|habitat]]s of ''P. tillieri'' are [[Earth:Grassland|grassland]] and shrubland, at altitudes up to {{convert|1,000|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name=iucn/>

==Description==
''P. tillieri'' may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{convert|6.4|cm|in|abbr=on}}. The tail is extremely long, up to three times SVL. The limbs and digits are well-developed.<ref name=RDB/>

==Reproduction==
The [[Biology:Modes of reproduction|mode of reproduction]] of ''P. tillieri'' is not known.<ref name=RDB/>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Bauer AM, Sadlier RA (1993). "Systematics, biogeography and conservation of the lizards of New Caledonia". ''Biodiversity Letters'' '''1''': 107–122. (''Lioscincus tillieri'', new combination).
*Ineich I, Sadlier RA (1991). "A new species of scincid lizard from New Caledonia, South Pacific Ocean (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Scincidae)". ''Mémoires du Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Série A Zoologie'' '''149''': 343–348. (''Leiolopisma tillieri'', new species).
*Sadlier RA, Bauer AM, Shea GM, Smith SA (2015). "Taxonomic resolution to the problem of polyphyly in the New Caledonian scincid lizard genus ''Lioscincus'' (Squamata: Scincidae)". ''Records of the Australian Museum'' '''67''' (7): 207–224. (''Phasmasaurus tillieri'', new combination).


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