Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Scincidae Bibliography of the genus Phaeoscincus Biodiversity of the family Scincidae Genus Phaeoscincus New Caledonian Brown Skinks Neukaledonische Braunskinke Nycaledoniske Brunskinker 2014 Phaeoscincus Whitaker, Smith & Bauer in Sadlier, Bauer, Smith, Shea & Whitaker (type species: Phaeoscincus taomensis Whitaker, Smith & Bauer in Sadlier, Bauer, Smith, Shea & Whitaker 2014) Contents: 2 species, both of which are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: See under taomensis. Distribution: New Caledonia (Grande Terre). Phaeoscincus ouinensis Mount Ouin Brown Skink Ouin-Braunskink Ouin-brunskink 2014 Phaeoscincus ouinensis Sadlier, Shea & Bauer in Sadlier, Bauer, Smith, Shea & Whitaker Distribution: New Caledonia (Grande Terre). Phaeoscincus taomensis Mount Taom Brown Skink Taom-Braunskink Taom-brunskink 2014 Phaeoscincus taomensis Whitaker, Smith & Bauer in Sadlier, Bauer, Smith, Shea & Whitaker Phaeoscincus toamensis [lapsus] Whitaker, Smith & Bauer in Sadlier, Bauer, Smith, Shea & Whitaker 2014 Remarks: Unfortunately, the authors used two different spellings of the specific epithet in the original description, toamensis and taomensis. The former spelling occurs only once, the latter in all other cases where the epithet is mentioned. Obviously, the intended spelling was taomensis, since the species is named after Mount Taom, the type locality. Distribution: New Caledonia (Grande Terre).