Sigaloseps is a genus of 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 following 6
species are recognized as being valid.
[" Sigaloseps ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.]
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Sigaloseps balios
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Sigaloseps conditus
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Sigaloseps deplanchei - Deplanche's shiny skink
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Sigaloseps ferrugicauda
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Sigaloseps pisinnus
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Sigaloseps ruficauda
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Sigaloseps.
Etymology
The specific name,
deplanchei, is in honor of
French people Natural history 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).]
Further reading
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Bavay ARJB (1869). " Catalogue des Reptiles de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et description d'espèces nouvelles ". Mémoires Société linnéenne de Normandie 15: 1-37. ( Lygosoma deplanchei, new species, p. 23). (in French language).
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Sadlier RA (1987). "A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia". Records of the Australian Museum 39 (1): 1-66. ( Sigaloseps, new genus).
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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).
