Nannoscincus slevini, also known commonly as Slevin's elf skink and Slevin's dwarf skink, is an endangered species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Caledonia.
Etymology The specific name, slevini, is in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Richard Slevin.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Nannoscincus slevini, p. 245).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of N. slevini is forest, at altitudes of .
Description N. slevini may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . It has only four toes on each front foot.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).
References
Further reading 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).