Phasmasaurus tillieri, commonly known as Tillier's maquis skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. www.reptile-database.org.
Etymology The specific name, tillieri, is in honor of French zoologist Simon Tillier.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Lioscincus tillieri, p. 266).
Geographic range P. tillieri is found in southern New Caledonia.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of P. tillieri are grassland and shrubland, at altitudes up to .
Description P. tillieri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . The tail is extremely long, up to three times SVL. The limbs and digits are well-developed.
Reproduction The mode of reproduction of P. tillieri is not known.
References
Further reading Bauer AM, Sadlier RA (1993). "Systematics, biogeography and conservation of the lizards of New Caledonia". Biodiversity Letters 1: 107–122. (Lioscincus tillieri, new combination). Ineich I, Sadlier RA (1991). "A new species of scincid lizard from New Caledonia, South Pacific Ocean (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Scincidae)". Mémoires du Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Série A Zoologie 149: 343–348. (Leiolopisma tillieri, new species). Sadlier RA, Bauer AM, Shea GM, Smith SA (2015). "Taxonomic resolution to the problem of polyphyly in the New Caledonian scincid lizard genus Lioscincus (Squamata: Scincidae)". Records of the Australian Museum 67 (7): 207–224. (Phasmasaurus tillieri, new combination).