| Flexiseps alluaudi | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Flexiseps |
| Species: | F. alluaudi |
| Binomial name | |
| Flexiseps alluaudi (Brygoo, 1981) | |
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| Synonyms | |
Flexiseps alluaudi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Etymology
The specific name, alluaudi, is in honor of French entomologist Charles Alluaud.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of F. alluaudi is forest.
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of F. alluaudi is unknown.
References
- ^ Raxworthy CJ, Vences M (2011). "Amphiglossus alluaudi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T178205A7497393.en. Downloaded on 30 March 2021.
- ^ Flexiseps alluaudi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 October 2020.
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphiglossus alluaudi, p. 6).
Further reading
- Brygoo ER (1981). "Systématique des lézards scincides de la région malgache. 6. Deux scincines nouveaux ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris, Section A Zoologie Biologie et Écologie Animales, quatrième série 3 (1): 261–268. (Scelotes alluaudi, new species). (in French).
- Erens J, Miralles A, Glaw F, Chatrou LW, Vences M (2017). "Extended molecular phylogenetics and revised systematics of Malagasy scincine lizards". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 466–472. (Flexiseps alluaudi, new combination).
- Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-03-7.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Amphiglossus alluaudi | |
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