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(Redirected from Amphiglossus crenni) Species of lizard

Flexiseps crenni
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Flexiseps
Species: F. crenni
Binomial name
Flexiseps crenni
(Mocquard, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Sepsina crenni
    Mocquard, 1906
  • Scelotes crenni
    — Angel, 1942
  • Androngo crenni
    — Brygoo, 1981
  • Amphiglossus crenni
    — Andreone & Greer, 2002
  • Flexiseps crenni
    — Erens et al., 2017

Flexiseps crenni is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Etymology

The specific name, crenni, is in honor of ophthalmologist Louis Crenn, who presented the holotype to Mocquard.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of F. crenni is forest.

Description

F. crenni has very short legs with a reduced number of digits. Each front foot has 2–3 digits, and each back foot has 2–4 digits. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 11.5 cm (4.5 in).

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of F. crenni is unknown.

References

  1. ^ Raxworthy, C.J. & Vences, M. (2010). Amphiglossus crenni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178227A7502301.en.
  2. ^ Flexiseps crenni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 October 2020.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphiglossus crenni, p. 61).
  4. ^ Mocquard F (1906).

Further reading

  • Andreone F, Greer AE (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: 139–181. (Amphiglossus crenni, new combination).
  • 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. (Flexiceps crenni, 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.
  • Mocquard F (1906). "Descriptions de quelques Reptiles et d'un Batracien d'espèces nouvelles ". Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 12: 247–253. (Sepsina crenni, new species, pp. 247–248). (in French).


Taxon identifiers
Amphiglossus crenni


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