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Ornithuroscincus noctua
As recorded: Lipinia noctua (Lesson, 1830)
Animalia › Chordata › Squamata › Scincidae
- Collected by
- A M Adamcon
- Collector number
- Collector Number: FTS 1
- Locality
- Tuauru Valley
- Island
- Tahiti Island
- Region
- French Polynesia
- Coordinates
- -17.5009, -149.4860
- Identified by
- K P Schmidt/W L NeckerW.L. Necker →K.P. Schmidt →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Ornithuroscincus noctua observed near this locality
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 5 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2024-10-14.
2024-10-14
Tahiti, Puna'auia, French Polynesia, PF
(c) Balazs Buzas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2023-07-09
Pīra'e, French Polynesia
(c) Enot Poluskuns, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-09-09
Îles du Vent, PF
(c) Richard Hasegawa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-03-10
Tahiti, French Polynesia, PF
(c) Deleuze, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2014-07-17
Îles du Vent, Polynésie française
(c) lafondn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Ornithuroscincus noctua. BPBM 42353. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 1090172463. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/42353.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 1090172463 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026