Madascincus ankodabensis (ANGEL, 1930)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Ankodabe Skink
Synonym	Scelotes ankodabensis ANGEL 1930 Scelotes ankodabensis — ANGEL 1942: 138 Amphiglossus ankodabensis — BRYGOO 1984 Amphiglossus ankodabensis — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 319 Amphiglossus (Madascincus) ankodabensis — SCHMITZ et al. 2005 Madascincus ankodabensis — GREER
Distribution	Madagascar Type locality: “Ankodabe”–
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 1930.0332 (by monotypy), Ankodabe, Farafangana Province, SE Madagascar, 500m, collected by R. Decary, viii.1926.
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Comment	According to Miralles and Vences (2013) Madascincus melanopleura should be restricted to their melanopleura-C clade (including M. vulsini as a junior synonym), and M. ankodabensis should be applied to the melanopleura-S clade. Distribution: see map in Miralles et al. 2026: 148 (Fig. 9)
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Angel, F. 1930. Diagnoses d’espèces nouvelles de lézards de Madagascar, appartenant au genre Scelotes. Bull. Mus. natl. Hist. nat. Paris (2) 2 (5): 506-509 - get paper here Angel, F. 1942. Les Lézards de Madagascar. Mem. Acad. Malagache, Tananarive XXXVI: 193 pp. Basham, E. W., Masotti, M. D., Schmeder, I. E., Vences, M., Razafitsimialona, D., Andrianatenaina, G. M., ... & Wright, P. C. 2026. From ground to canopy: A molecularly verified herpetofaunal inventory of a Madagascar Protected Area. Journal of Herpetology 60 (2): 1-12 - get paper here Brygoo E R 1984. Systematique des lezards scincides de la region malgache. 13. Les Amphiglossus du sous-genre Madascincus. Bulletin du Museum National D'histoire Naturelle SECTION A ZOOLOGIE BIOLOGIE ET ECOLOGIE ANIMALES 6 (2): 527-536 Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3) Hyde Roberts, S., Sannolo, M., Longosoa, H. T., Clark, R., Jhaveri, L., Rosa, G. M., ... & Crottini, A. 2025. A littoral treasure trove: a comprehensive assessment of the herpetofauna of Sainte Luce, southeastern Madagascar. Systematics and Biodiversity 23(1): 2513472 - get paper here Miralles A, Scherz MD, Hyde Roberts S, Rakotoarison A, Glaw F, Vences M 2026. Two new highly divergent and isolated Madascincus species from Nosy Be and the Tsingy de Namoroka, Madagascar (Squamata: Scincidae). Vertebrate Zoology 76: 135–156 - get paper here Miralles, Aurélien & Miguel Vences 2013. New Metrics for Comparison of Taxonomies Reveal Striking Discrepancies among Species Delimitation Methods in Madascincus Lizards. PLoS One 8 (7): e68242. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068242 - get paper here Miralles, Aurélien; Jörn Köhler, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences 2016. Species delimitation methods put into taxonomic practice: two new Madascincus species formerly allocated to historical species names (Squamata, Scincidae). Zoosyst. Evol. 92 (2): 257–275; DOI 10.3897/zse.92.9945 - get paper here Schmitz, A.; M.C. Brandley; P. Mausfeld; M. Vences; F. Glaw; R.A. Nussbaum and T.W. Reeder 2005. Opening the black box: phylogenetics and morphological evolution of the Malagasy fossorial lizards of the subfamily “Scincinae”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34: 118–133 (published online 2004) - get paper here
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