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Voeltzkowia shaihulud MIRALLES, SCHMIDT, RAKOTOARISON, DELAUNAY, FREIWALD, RAHAGALALA, RAKOTOMANGA, RAZAMIFANAFO, RATSOAVINA, CROTTINI, RASELIMANANA, GLAW & VENCES, 2025

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
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SynonymVoeltzkowia shaihulud MIRALLES, SCHMIDT, RAKOTOARISON, DELAUNAY, FREIWALD, RAHAGALALA, RAKOTOMANGA, RAZAMIFANAFO, RATSOAVINA, CROTTINI, RASELIMANANA, GLAW & VENCES 2025
Sirenonoscincus yamagishii — RASELIMANANA 2008 
DistributionNW Madagascar (Sofia region)

Type locality: white sand area of the Belambo forest (14.91957°S, 47.76291°E, 116 m a.s.l.), Sofia region, northwest of Madagascar  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: ZSM 114/2023 (field number ZCMV 13724), collected on 18 October 2023 by A. Rakotoarison, D. Razafimanafo, A. Hasiniaina, and A. Razafimanantsoa.
Paratype: UADBA-ZCMV 13723, same collection data as holotype.
Additional specimen: UADBA-APR 6229, from Belambo Forest, 7.5km northeast of Ambarijeby, Sofia region, northwest of Madagascar (14.8867°S, 47.7317°E, 150 m a.s.l.), collected on 19 December 2004, by A.P. Raselimanana. 
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References
  • Miralles, A., Schmidt, R., Rakotoarison, A., Delaunay, A., Freiwald, A., Rahagalala, N. A., ... & Vences, M. 2025. Integrative taxonomy of Madagascar’s sand-swimming skinks (Scincidae: Voeltzkowia, Grandidierina) and preliminary evidence for an overlooked inland belt of white sand patches across the island’s west. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 205(3), zlaf147 - get paper here
 
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