Biology:Amphiglossus

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Short description: Genus of lizards


Amphiglossus
Diving Skink (Amphiglossus astrolabi) found by Jean NICOLAS (10313753424).jpg
Amphiglossus astrolabi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Scincinae
Genus: Amphiglossus
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839[1]
Species

Two, see text.

Amphiglossus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus Amphiglossus is usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae, which seems to be paraphyletic, however. Probably quite close to Paracontias and possibly Androngo trivittatus, it belongs to a major clade which does not seem to include the type genus Scincus. Thus, it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily.[2]

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid. Some species which were formerly included in the genus Amphiglossus have been assigned to a more recently created genus, Madascincus Brygoo, 1982, some to the genera Flexiseps and Brachyseps, and some species have been synonymized with other species in the genus Amphiglossus.[3]

Nota bene: In the above list, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Amphiglossus.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Amphiglossus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Scincidae.
  2. Austin JJ, Arnold EN. (2006). Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)
  3. Genus Amphiglossus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Amphiglossus, new genus, pp. 606–607). (in French).


Wikidata ☰ Q696573 entry