Nannoscincus slevini

Nannoscincus slevini
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Nannoscincus
Species:	N. slevini
Binomial name
	Nannoscincus slevini; (Loveridge, 1941)
Synonyms
	Lygosoma slevini ; Loveridge, 1941; Anotis slevini ; — Greer, 1974; Nannoscincus sleveni [sic] ; Sadlier, 1987 ; (ex errore); Nannoscincus slevini ; — Bauer & Vindum, 1990;

Slevin's elf skink (Nannoscincus slevini), also known commonly as Slevin's dwarf skink, is an endangered species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Caledonia.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, slevini, is in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Richard Slevin.^[3]

The preferred natural habitat of N. slevini is forest, at altitudes of 400–900 m (1,300–3,000 ft).^[1]

N. slevini may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4.3 cm (1.7 in). It has only four toes on each front foot.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Sadlier, R.A.; Bauer, A.M.; Jourdan , H.; Astrongatt, S.; Deuss, M.; Duval, T.; Bourguet, E.; McCoy, S.; Bouteiller, A.; Lagrange, A. (2021). "Nannoscincus slevini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T176142A123249690. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176142A123249690.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Nannoscincus slevini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Nannoscincus slevini, p. 245).
^ Sadlier RA (1987). "A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia". Records of the Australian Museum 39 (1): 1–66. ("Nannoscincus sleveni [sic]", pp. 61–62 + Figures 79–81, 85, 86).

Greer AE (1974). "The genetic relationships of the Scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplemental Series 22 (31): 1–67. (Anotis slevini, new combination).
Loveridge A (1941). "An Undescribed Skink (Lygosoma) from New Caledonia". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 54 193–194. (Lygosoma slevini, new species).

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