Flexiseps andranovahensis (ANGEL, 1934)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Andranovaho Skink |
Synonym | Scelotes andranovahensis ANGEL 1934 Scelotes andranovahensis — ANGEL 1942: 129 Amphiglossus andranovahensis — BRYGOO 1984 Amphiglossus andranovahensis — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 316 Amphiglossus andranovahensis — SCHMITZ et al. 2005 Flexiseps andranovahensis — ERENS et al. 2017 |
Distribution | Madagascar
Type locality: falaise calcaire d’Andaranovaho, près Ampotaka, Madagascar.
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Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: MNHN-RA 1933.0075 |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Flexiseps andranovahensis has been “tentatively” assigned to Flexiseps by Erens et al. 2017
The publication date is 1934, not 1933, fide Frétey 2023. |
Etymology | named after the type locality. |
References |
- Angel F. 1934. Lézards nouveaux de Madagascar appartenant au genre Scelotes. Bull. Soc. Zool. De France 41: 294-296 [1933, see Fretey 2023]
- Angel, F. 1942. Les Lézards de Madagascar. Mem. Acad. Malagache, Tananarive XXXVI: 193 pp.
- Brygoo,E.R. 1984. Systématique des lézards scincides de la région malgache. XVI. Les Amphiglosus du groupe ornaticeps. Bull. Mus. natl. Hist. nat. Paris, 4th ser., Sect. A., 6 (4): 1153-1160
- Erens, Jesse; Aurélien Miralles, Frank Glaw, Lars Chatrou, Miguel Vences 2016. Extended molecular phylogenetics and revised systematics of Malagasy scincine lizards. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (print 2017) - get paper here
- Frétey, Thierry 2023. The publication dates of the printed issues of the Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France (1816–2015). Bionomina 33: 00–62 - get paper here
- Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3)
- 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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