Voeltzkowia mira BOETTGER, 1893
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Voeltzkowia mira BOETTGER 1893: 116 Voeltzkowia mira — ANGEL 1942: 151 Voeltzkowia (Voeltzkowia) mira — BRYGOO 1981 Voeltzkowia mira — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 322 Voeltzkowia (Voeltzkowia) mira — SCHMITZ et al. 2005 |
Distribution | NW Madagascar
Type locality: “Betsako, Nord-Mojanga, West-Madagaskar” (= N-Majunga = Mahajanga)
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: SMF 16087 |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Eyeless, limbless, earless species!
Type species: Voeltzkowia mira BOETTGER 1893 is the type species of the genus Voeltzkowia BOETTGER 1893: 116. |
Etymology | Etymology (genus): Named after Dr. A. Voeltzkow, Berlin, who provided (collected?) the types. |
References |
- Angel, F. 1942. Les Lézards de Madagascar. Mem. Acad. Malagache, Tananarive XXXVI: 193 pp.
- Boettger, Oskar 1893. Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. I. Teil (Rhynchocephalen, Schildkröten, Krokodile, Eidechsen, Chamäleons). [type catalogue] Gebrüder Knauer, Frankfurt a. M., x + 140 pp. - get paper here
- Brygoo,E.R. 1981. Systématique des lézards scincides de la région malgache. VII. Révision des genres Voeltzkowia Boettger 1893, Grandidierina Mocquard 1894, et Cryptoscincus Mocquard 1894. Bull. Mus. natl. Hist. nat. Paris, 4th ser., Sect. A., 3 (2): 675-688
- Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3)
- Liniewski, Rachel; Shane Stanley, Julia Andrade & Phil Senter 2016. Vestigial appendicular skeletons in the African and Malagasy skink species Feylinia grandisquamis, Melanoseps ater, Grandidierina lineata and Voeltzkowia mira African Journal of Herpetology 65 (1): 39-46 | DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2015.1133722 - get paper here
- Rakotoarison, Andolalao; Jesse Erens, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Miguel Vences 2015. Amphibian and reptile records from around the Betsiboka delta area in North-Western Madagascar Herpetology Notes 8: 535-543 - 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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