''Brachyseps'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
skink
Skinks are a type of lizard belonging to the family (biology), family Scincidae, a family in the Taxonomic rank, infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one o ...
s. They are all endemic to Madagascar. Some taxonomic authorities place the group in the genus
Amphiglossus
''Amphiglossus'' is a genus of skinks, lizards in the Family (biology), family Scincidae.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Amphiglossus'' is usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae, which seems to be paraphyletic, however. Probably quite close to ''Para ...
.
Species
The following 7
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
, listed alphabetically by
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, are recognized as being valid:
*''
Brachyseps anosyensis''
Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993
*''
Brachyseps frontoparietalis''
(Boulenger, 1889) – Boulenger's tree skink
*''
Brachyseps gastrostictus''
(O'Shaughnessy, 1879) – O'Shaughnessy's Madagascar skink
*''
Brachyseps mandady''
Andreone & Greer, 2002
*''
Brachyseps punctatus''
Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993
*''
Brachyseps spilostichus''
Andreone & Greer, 2002
*''
Brachyseps splendidus''
(Grandidier, 1872) – splendid skink
''
Nota bene
( ; plural: ) is the Latin language, Latin phrase meaning ''note well''.
In manuscripts, ''nota bene'' is abbreviated in upper-case as NB and N.B., and in lower-case as n.b. and nb; the editorial usages of ''nota bene'' and ''notate bene'' fi ...
'': A
binomial authority
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, altho ...
in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Brachyseps''.
References
Lizard genera
Brachyseps
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