Flexiseps alluaudi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.[1][2]
Flexiseps alluaudi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Flexiseps |
Species: | F. alluaudi
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Binomial name | |
Flexiseps alluaudi (Brygoo, 1981)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Etymology
editThe specific name, alluaudi, is in honor of French entomologist Charles Alluaud.[3]
Habitat
editReproduction
editThe mode of reproduction of F. alluaudi is unknown.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Raxworthy CJ, Vences M (2011). "Amphiglossus alluaudi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T178205A7497393.en. Downloaded on 30 March 2021.
- ^ a b c Flexiseps alluaudi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 October 2020.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphiglossus alluaudi, p. 6).
Further reading
edit- Brygoo ER (1981). "Systématique des lézards scincides de la région malgache. 6. Deux scincines nouveaux ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris, Section A Zoologie Biologie et Écologie Animales, quatrième série [Series 4] 3 (1): 261–268. (Scelotes alluaudi, new species). (in French).
- Erens J, Miralles A, Glaw F, Chatrou LW, Vences M (2017). "Extended molecular phylogenetics and revised systematics of Malagasy scincine lizards". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 466–472. (Flexiseps alluaudi, new combination).
- Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-03-7.