Flexiseps mandokava

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: Flexiseps
Species: Flexiseps mandokava

Name

• Flexiseps mandokava (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993)

Holotype: UMMZ 192702 (RAN 31937), adult ♂.

Type locality: “in the southwestern corner of the Manongarivo Special Reserve, 14º04’ S, 48º18’ E, 380 m altitude, Ambanja Fivondronana, Antsiranana (Diego Suarez) Province, Madagascar”.

Combinations

• Amphiglossus mandokava Roxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993: 327 [original combination]
• Flexiseps mandokava — Erens, Miralles, Glaw, Chatrou & Vences, 2017: 471 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Raxworthy, C.J. & Nussbaum, R.A. 1993. Four new species of Amphiglossus from Madagascar (Squamata: Scincidae). Herpetologica 49(3): 326–341. JSTOR Reference page. 
• 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. 

Additional references

• Andreone, F. & Greer, A.E. 2002. Malagasy scincid lizards: descriptions of nine new species, with notes on the morphology, reproduction and taxonomy of some previously described species (Reptilia, Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Zoology 258(2): 139–181. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902001280 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Flexiseps mandokava. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 June 2018.
• Raxworthy, C.J. 2011. IUCN: Amphiglossus mandokava  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172859A6930994. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172859A6930994.en