Marmorosphax

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Marmorosphax
Species (5): M. boulinda – M. kaala – M. montana – M. taom – M. tricolor

Name

Marmorosphax Sadlier, 1987: 32

• Type species: Lygosoma tricolor Bavay, 1869, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Sadlier, R.A. 1987. A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia. Records of the Australian Museum 39(1): 1–66. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.39.1987.164 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Sadlier, R.A. & Bauer, A.M. 2000. The scincid lizard genus Marmorosphax (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific: description of a new species restricted to high-altitude forest in Province Sud. Pacific Science 54(1): 56–62. hdl: 10125/1598 Reference page. 
• Sadlier R.A., Smith, S.A., Bauer A.M. & Whitaker, A.H. 2009. Three new species of skink in the genus Marmorosphax Sadlier (Squamata: Scincidae) from New Caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 198: 373–390. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Marmorosphax . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 March 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Marble-throated Skinks