Biology:Flexiseps
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Short description: Genus of lizards
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Scincinae |
| Genus: | Flexiseps Erens, Miralles, Glaw, Chatrou, & Vences, 2016 |
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Flexiseps is a genus of skinks. They are all endemic to Madagascar. Some taxonomic authorities place the group in the genus Amphiglossus.
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, 1933)
- 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.
References
- ↑ Flexiseps at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q55280006 entry
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