Flexiseps stylus

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 stylus

Flexiseps stylus (Andreone & Greer, 2002)

Holotype: MRSN R1732, immature ♂.
Type locality: “Masoala Peninsula, Campsite 5 (Menamalona), Antalaha Fivondronana, Antsiranana Faritany (Diégo Suarez Province), 15°22.87’S, 49°59.27’E, elevation 780 m, Madagascar”.

Amphiglossus stylus Andreone & Greer, 2002: 151 [original combination]
Flexiseps stylus — Erens, Miralles, Glaw, Chatrou & Vences, 2017: 471 [subsequent combination]

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.
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.

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(1): 118–133. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.08.016

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Flexiseps stylus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 June 2018.
Raxworthy, C.J. 2011. IUCN: Amphiglossus stylus (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172754A6911701. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172754A6911701.en