Grandidierina petiti ANGEL, 1924

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Grandidierina petiti ANGEL 1924: 450 Grandidierina petiti — ANGEL 1942: 149 Voeltzkowia (Grandidierina) petiti — BRYGOO 1981 Voeltzkowia petiti — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 321 Voeltzkowia (Grandidierina) petiti — SCHMITZ et al. 2005 Grandidierina petiti — MIRALLES et al. 2015
Distribution	Madagascar Type locality: “Tsivono, region de Tuléar, à 24 kilomètres au Nord de cette ville”
Reproduction	oviparous (phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Lectotype: MNHN-RA 1924.0091 (lectotype) and MNHN-RA 1924.0090 (paralectotype)
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Comment	Eyeless and earless species with no forelimbs but small, reduced, styliform hindlimbs.
References	Angel, F. 1924. Sur une forme nouvelle de lézard, en provenance de Madagascar, appartenant au genre Grandidierina (Famille des Scincidés). Bull. Mus. natl. Hist. nat. Paris 30: 450-452 Angel, F. 1942. Les Lézards de Madagascar. Mem. Acad. Malagache, Tananarive XXXVI: 193 pp. 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) Miralles A, Hipsley CA, Erens J, Gehara M, Rakotoarison A, Glaw F, et al. 2015. Distinct Patterns of Desynchronized Limb Regression in Malagasy Scincine Lizards (Squamata, Scincidae). PLoS One 10 (6): e0126074. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0126074 - 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 Witte, G.F. de & R. LAURENT 1943. Contribution à la systématique des formes dégradées de la famille des Scincidae apparentées au genre Scelotes Fitzinger. Mém. Mus. r. Hist. nat. Belg. (sér.2) 26: 44 pp. - get paper here Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
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