Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Tropidoscincus
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Whip-tailed Skinks
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Peitschenschwanzskinke
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Piskehaleskinker
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1873 |  |
Tropidoscincus Bocage (type species: Tropidoscincus aubrianus Bocage 1873) |
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1879 | |
Sauroscincus Peters (type species: Sauroscincus braconnieri Peters 1879; syn. Sadlier 1987) |
Contents:
3 species, all of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included in
Lygosoma.
Distribution:
New Caledonia
(Grande Terre,
Isle of Pines).
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Tropidoscincus aubrianus
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Pale Whip-tailed Skink, (Aubry's Whip-tailed Skink)
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Heller Peitschenschwanzskink
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Lys Piskehaleskink
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1873 | |
Tropidoscincus aubrianus Bocage |
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Lampropholis aubrianus Mittleman 1952 |
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Tropidoscincus aubrianus Sadlier 1987 |
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1879 | |
Sauroscincus braconnieri Peters (Sadlier 1987) |
Distribution:
New Caledonia
(Grande Terre,
Isle of Pines).
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Tropidoscincus boreus
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Northern Whip-tailed Skink
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Nördlicher Peitschenschwanzskink
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Nordlig Piskehaleskink
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1987 | |
Tropidoscincus variabilis Sadlier [not Tropidolopisma variabilis Bavay 1869] |
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2000 | |
Tropidoscincus boreus Sadlier & Bauer in Bauer & Sadlier |
Remarks:
Previously referred to as T. variabilis (Sadlier 1987).
Distribution:
New Caledonia
(Grande Terre).
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Tropidoscincus variabilis
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Southern Whip-tailed Skink
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Südlicher Peitschenschwanzskink
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Sydlig Piskehaleskink
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1869 | |
Tropidolopisma variabilis Bavay |
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Lygosoma variable [sic] Smith 1937 |
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Lampropholis variabilis Mittleman 1952 |
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Leiolopisma variabilis Greer 1974 |
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Tropidoscincus variabilis Sadlier 1987 |
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1908 | |
Lygosoma röhssii Andersson (Bauer & Sadlier 2000) |
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Tropidoscincus rohssii Sadlier 1987 |
Distribution:
New Caledonia
(Grande Terre).
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