Paracontias

Paracontias is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar.[2]

Paracontias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Scincinae
Genus: Paracontias
Mocquard, 1894 [1]
Species

14, see text.

Taxonomy and systematics

Paracontias is usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae, which seems to be paraphyletic however. Probably quite close to Amphiglossus and possibly Androngo trivittatus, it belongs to a major clade which does not seem to include the type genus Scincus. Thus, it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily. (Austin & Arnold 2006)

Species

The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.[2]

  • Paracontias ampijoroensis Miralles, Jono, Mori, Gandola, Erens, J. Köhler, Glaw & Vences, 2016
  • Paracontias brocchii Mocquard, 1894
  • Paracontias fasika J. Köhler, Vences, Erbacher & Glaw, 2010
  • Paracontias hafa Andreone & Greer, 2002
  • Paracontias hildebrandti (W. Peters, 1880)
  • Paracontias holomelas (Günther, 1877)
  • Paracontias kankana J. Köhler, Vieites, Glaw, Kaffenberger & Vences, 2009
  • Paracontias mahamavo Miralles, Jono, Mori, Gandola, Erens, J. Köhler, Glaw & Vences, 2016
  • Paracontias manify Andreone & Greer, 2002
  • Paracontias milloti Angel, 1949
  • Paracontias minimus (Mocquard,1906)
  • Paracontias rothschildi Mocquard, 1905
  • Paracontias tsararano Andreone & Greer, 2002
  • Paracontias vermisaurus Miralles, J. Köhler, Vieites, Glaw & Vences, 2011

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

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References
  1. "Paracontias ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de. (in German).
  2. Genus Paracontias at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org

Further reading
  • Austin JJ, Arnold EN (2006). "Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)
  • Mocquard F (1894). "Reptiles nouveaux ou insuffisamment connus de Madagascar ". Compte Rendu Sommaire des Séances de la Société Philomatique de Paris 17: 1–8. (Paracontias, new genus, p. 3). (in French).


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