Grandidierina

Grandidierina is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar.

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

Four species, see text.

Species

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

  • Grandidierina fierinensis (Grandidier, 1869)
  • Grandidierina lineata (Mocquard, 1901)
  • Grandidierina petiti (Angel, 1924)
  • Grandidierina rubrocaudata (Grandidier, 1869)

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

References

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

Further reading

  • Mocquard F (1894). "Reptiles nouveaux ou insuffisamment conus de Madagascar ". Compte Rendu Sommaire des Séances de la Société Philomathique de Paris, Huitième Série [Eighth Series] 6 (17): 3-10. (Grandidierina, new genus, p. 6). (in French).



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