Flexiseps crenni
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[2]
  • 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.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, crenni, is in honor of ophthalmologist Louis Crenn, who presented the holotype to Mocquard.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of F. crenni is forest.[1]

Description

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

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of F. crenni is unknown.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 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).



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