Taxonomie
Nom vernaculaire :
Scinque de litière du Sud
Statut liste rouge -
Quasi menacée (NT) , évaluée le 11/12/2017Espèce protégée -
en Province Sud , en Province Nord
Description
Répartition
Très répandu sur le plateau de Goro et les chaînes montagneuses adjacentes de la région du Grand Sud, allant jusqu'au nord de la rivière Ni
Caledoniscincus notialis is listed as Near Threatened close to Vulnerable with criteria B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) with a decline of habitat quality and a number of locations close to 10. It seems to be the most widespread species in Province Sud and it is not seriously threatened.
Aire géographique
Caledoniscincus notialis is endemic to Province Sud in New Caledonia, in scattered localities from Goro Plateau to Pic Ningua. The extent of occurrence (EOO) is estimated at 2,399 km2 and the area of occupancy (AOO) at 128 km2.
Population
There is no information on population size or trends but it seems to be the most widespread species in Province Sud.
Habitat
This species has been recorded primarily from humid forest and tall-canopied maquis habitat across a broad altitudinal range on ultramafic substrates. On the Goro Plateau the species occurs in the patches of humid forest and tall-canopied maquis paraforestier and maquis préforestier habitat scattered across the landscape, and also from adjacent low-canopied maquis arbustif, but only rarely in open habitats.
Menaces
Certaines sous-populations peuvent être directement impactées par l'activité minière: Goro (VALE)
Conservation
Espèce protégée règlementairement. Espèce présente dans 5 réserve(s) : Rivière bleue, Mont Humboldt, Foret Nord, Chutes de la Madeleine, Barrage de Yaté
Bibliographie
Uetz, P. (ed.) 2017. The Reptile Database.
IUCN 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2.
Sadlier, R.A, Bauer, A.M., Wood Jr., P.L., Smith, S.A. and Jackman, T.R. 2013. A new species of lizard in the genus Caledoniscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from southern New Caledonia and a review of Caledoniscincus atropunctatus (Roux). Zootaxa(3694) , p.501–524.
Endemia.nc 2016. Faune et Flore de Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Experts
Assessor(s): Sadlier, R., Bauer, A., Jourdan, H., Astrongatt, S., Deuss, M., Duval, T., Bourguet, E., McCoy, S., Bouteiller, A., Lagrange, A.
Reviewer(s): Cox, N.
Contributor(s): Cassan, J., Butin, J., Jumel, M., Fleurot, D.
Facilitator(s): Warimavute, G., Tanguy, V., Lietar, J.