Flexiseps alluaudi

Flexiseps alluaudi
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Flexiseps
Species:	F. alluaudi
Binomial name
	Flexiseps alluaudi; (Brygoo, 1981)
Synonyms
	Scelotes alluaudi ; Brygoo, 1981; Androngo allaudi [sic] ; — Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993 ; (ex errore); Androngo alluaudi ; – Glaw & Vences, 1994; Amphiglossus alluaudi ; — Andreone & Greer, 2002; Flexiseps alluaudi ; — Erens et al., 2017;

Flexiseps alluaudi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.^[1]^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, alluaudi, is in honor of French entomologist Charles Alluaud.^[3]

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

The mode of reproduction of F. alluaudi is unknown.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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).

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 [Series 4] 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.

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