''Flexiseps alluaudi'' is a
species of
skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...
, a
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Scincidae. The species is
endemic to
Madagascar.
Etymology
The specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''alluaudi'', is in honor of French entomologist Charles Alluaud.[ Beolens B, Watkins M, ]Grayson M
Grayson may refer to:
Places Canada
* Grayson, Saskatchewan
* Rural Municipality of Grayson No. 184, Saskatchewan
United States
* Grayson, California
* Grayson, Georgia
** Grayson High School
* Grayson, Kentucky
* Grayson, Louisiana
* Gray ...
(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Amphiglossus alluaudi'', p. 6).
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of ''F. alluaudi'' is forest.[
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Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of ''F. alluaudi'' is unknown.[
]
References
Further reading
* Brygoo ER (1981). "''Systématique des lézards scincides de la région malgache. 6. Deux scincines nouveaux'' ". ''Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris, Section A Zoologie Biologie et Écologie Animales, quatrième série'' eries 4
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3 (1): 261–268. (''Scelotes alluaudi'', new species). (in French).
* Erens J, Miralles A, Glaw F, Chatrou LW, Vences M (2017). "Extended molecular phylogenetics and revised systematics of Malagasy scincine lizards". ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 107: 466–472. (''Flexiseps alluaudi'', new combination).
* Glaw F, Vences M (2006). ''A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition''. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. .
Reptiles of Madagascar
Reptiles described in 1981
Flexiseps
Taxa named by Édouard-Raoul Brygoo
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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