Voeltzkowia yamagishii

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

Voeltzkowia yamagishii (Sakata & Hikida, 2003)

Holotype: KUZ R50922, mature ♀, collected by A. Mori, M. Hasegawa and I. Ikeuchi on 7 November 1999.
Type locality: “Ampijoroa, Ankarafantsika Strict Nature Reserve, northwestern Madagascar (16°20'S, 46°48'E), 100m”.

Sirenoscincus yamagishii Sakata & Hikida, 2003: 10 [original combination]
Voeltzkowia yamagishii — Miralles, Hipsley, Erens, Gehara, Rakotoarison, Glaw, Müller & Vences 2015: 16 [subsequent combination]

Sakata, S. & Hikida, T. 2003. A Fossorial Lizard with Forelimbs Only: Description of a New Genus and Species of Malagasy Skink (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae). Current Herpetology 22(1): 9–15. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.22.9 Reference page.
Miralles, A., Hipsley, C.A., Erens, J., Gehara, M., Rakotoarison, A., Glaw, F., Müller, J. & Vences, M. 2015. Distinct Patterns of Desynchronized Limb Regression in Malagasy Scincine Lizards (Squamata, Scincidae). PLoS One 10(6): e0126074. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126074 Reference page.

Randriamahazo, H. & Vences, M. 2011. IUCN: Voeltzkowia yamagishii (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172949A6946762. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172949A6946762.en. Accessed on 27 June 2022.