Flexiseps
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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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15 sp., see text | |
Flexiseps 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 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
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Wikispecies has information related to Flexiseps.
- ^ Flexiseps at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2018.
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