Graciliscincus
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Graciliscincus is a lizard genus in the family Scincidae. The genus is indigenous to New Caledonia.
Species and geographic range
The genus Graciliscincus contains the single species Graciliscincus shonae, known commonly as Sadlier's skink or the gracile burrowing skink.<ref name=SadBau/><ref name=RDB/>
Geographic range
G. shonae is endemic to New Caledonia.<ref name=SadBau>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name=RDB>Template:NRDB species</ref>
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of G. shonae is forest, at altitudes of Template:Convert.<ref name=iucn/>
Etymology
The specific name, shonae, is in honor of Shona von Sturmer Sadlier, who was the wife of the describer.<ref name=RDB/><ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Graciliscincus shonae, p. 242).</ref>
Conservation status
G. shonae is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation.<ref name=iucn/>
References
Further reading
- Adler GH, Austin CC, Dudley R (1995). "Dispersal and speciation of skinks among archipelagos in the tropical Pacific Ocean". Evolutionary Ecology 9: 529–541.
- Sadlier RA (1987). "A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia". Records of the Australian Museum 39 (1): 1-66. (Gentiliscincus, new genus, p. 12; G. shonae, new species, p. 12).