Flexiseps alluaudi

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Flexiseps alluaudi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Flexiseps
Species:
F. alluaudi
Binomial name
Flexiseps alluaudi
(Brygoo, 1981)
Amphiglossus alluaudi distribution (colored).png
Synonyms[2]
  • Scelotes alluaudi
    Brygoo, 1981
  • Androngo allaudi [sic]
    — Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993
    (ex errore)
  • Androngo alluaudi
    – Glaw & Vences, 1994
  • Amphiglossus alluaudi
    — Andreone & Greer, 2002
  • Flexiseps alluaudi
    — et al., 2017

Flexiseps alluaudi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.[1][2]

Etymology[]

The specific name, alluaudi, is in honor of French entomologist Charles Alluaud.[3]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitat of F. alluaudi is forest.[1]

Reproduction[]

The mode of reproduction of F. alluaudi is unknown.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c Flexiseps alluaudi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 October 2020.
  3. ^ , , (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[]

  • 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).
  • , Miralles A, Glaw F, , 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.



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