Flexiseps

Flexiseps is a genus of skinks. They are all endemic to Madagascar. Some taxonomic authorities place the group in the genus Amphiglossus.

Flexiseps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Scincinae
Genus: Flexiseps
Erens, Miralles, Glaw, Chatrou, & Vences, 2016
Species

15 sp., see text

Species

The following 15 species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid:[1]

  • Flexiseps alluaudi (Brygoo, 1981)
  • Flexiseps andranovahensis (Angel, 1933) – Andranovaho skink
  • Flexiseps ardouini (Mocquard, 1897) – Yellow skink
  • Flexiseps crenni (Mocquard, 1906)
  • Flexiseps decaryi (Angel, 1930) – Rock skink
  • Flexiseps elongatus (Angel, 1930)
  • Flexiseps johannae (Günther, 1880) – Johanna's skink
  • Flexiseps mandokava Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993
  • Flexiseps melanurus (Günther, 1877) – Spotted skink
  • Flexiseps meva Miralles, Raselimanana, Rakotomalala, Vences, & Vieites, 2011
  • Flexiseps ornaticeps (Boulenger, 1896) – Grey skink
  • Flexiseps stylus Andreone & Greer, 2002
  • Flexiseps tanysoma Andreone & Greer, 2002
  • Flexiseps tsaratananensis (Brygoo, 1981) – Tsaratanana skink
  • Flexiseps valhallae (Boulenger, 1909)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Flexiseps.

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References

  1. Flexiseps at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2018.
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