Nannoscincus

Nannoscincus is a genus of small skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia.[1]

Nannoscincus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Eugongylinae
Genus:	Nannoscincus Günther, 1872

Species

The following 12 species are recognized as being valid.[2]

• Nannoscincus exos Bauer & Sadlier, 2000 - northern dwarf skink
• Nannoscincus fuscus Günther, 1872
• Nannoscincus garrulus Sadlier, Bauer & S.A. Smith, 2006
• Nannoscincus gracilis (Bavay, 1869) - New Caledonian gracile dwarf skink, gracile dwarf skink, slender elf skink
• Nannoscincus greeri Sadlier, 1987 - Greer's elf skink
• Nannoscincus hanchisteus Bauer & Sadlier, 2000 - Pindai dwarf skink
• Nannoscincus humectus Bauer & Sadlier, 2000 - Forêt Plate dwarf skink
• Nannoscincus koniambo Sadlier, Bauer, A.H. Whitaker & Wood, 2014
• Nannoscincus manautei Sadlier, Bauer, A.H. Whitaker & S.A. Smith, 2004
• Nannoscincus mariei (Bavay, 1869) - earless dwarf skink
• Nannoscincus rankini Sadlier, 1987 - Rankin's elf skink
• Nannoscincus slevini (Loveridge, 1941) - Slevin's elf skink

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Nannoscincus.

References

1. Sadlier RA, Bauer AM, Smith SA (2006). "A new species of Nannoscincus Günther (Squamata: Scincidae) from high elevation forest in southern New Caledonia" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 58 (1): 29–36. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.58.2006.1458. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-02.
2. Nannoscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 December 2013.

Further reading

• Günther A (1872). "On some new Species of Reptiles and Fishes collected by J. Brenchley, Esq." Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fourth Series 10 (60): 418–426. (Nannoscincus, new genus, p. 421).