''Brachyseps splendidus'', the splendid skink, is a species 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 ...

endemic to

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q290388 Reptiles of Madagascar Reptiles described in 1872 Brachyseps Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier