Amphiglossus

Amphiglossus astrolabi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Amphiglossus
Species (2): A. astrolabi – A. reticulatus

Name

• Amphiglossus Duméril & Bibron, 1839: 606

Type species: Amphiglossus astrolabi Duméril & Bibron, 1839, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. VIII + 854 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Schmitz, A., Brandley, M.C., Mausfeld, P., Vences, M. Glaw, F., Nussbaum, R.A. & Reeder, T.W. 2005. Opening the black box: phylogenetics and morphological evolution of the Malagasy fossorial lizards of the subfamily “Scincinae”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34: 118–133.
• Miralles, A. et al. 2011. A new large and colorful skink of the genus Amphiglossus from Madagascar revealed by morphology and multilocus molecular study. Zootaxa 2918: 47–67. Preview
• Erens, J., Miralles, A., Glaw, F., Chatrou, L. & Vences, M. 2017. Extended molecular phylogenetics and revised systematics of Malagasy scincine lizards. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 466–472. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.008 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Amphiglossus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 June 2018.
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus

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