Brachyseps
Brachyseps | |
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Brachyseps anosyensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Subfamily: | Scincinae |
Genus: | Brachyseps Erens, Miralles, Glaw, Chatrou, & Vences, 2016 |
Species | |
7 sp., see text |
Brachyseps is a genus of skinks. They are all endemic to Madagascar. Some taxonomic authorities place the group in the genus Amphiglossus.
Species
[edit]The following 7 species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid:[1]
- Brachyseps anosyensis Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993
- Brachyseps frontoparietalis (Boulenger, 1889) – Boulenger's tree skink
- Brachyseps gastrostictus (O'Shaughnessy, 1879) – O'Shaughnessy's Madagascar skink
- Brachyseps mandady Andreone & Greer, 2002
- Brachyseps punctatus Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993
- Brachyseps spilostichus Andreone & Greer, 2002
- Brachyseps splendidus (Grandidier, 1872) – splendid skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Brachyseps.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Brachyseps.
- ^ Brachyseps at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2018.