Saiphos (genus)
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Genus: | Saiphos J.E. Gray, 1831[verification needed]
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Species: | S. equalis
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Saiphos equalis (J.E. Gray, 1825)
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Distribution of the Three-toed Skink | |
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Saiphos is a monotypic genus of skinks. "Siaphos" tridigitus, initially placed here, is now reassigned to the "wastebin taxon" Sphenomorphus pending a review of that assemblage.
References
- Greer, Allen E.; David, Patrick & Teynié, Alexandre (2006): The Southeast Asian scincid lizard Siaphos tridigitus Bourret, 1939 (Reptilia, Scincidae): a second specimen. Zoosystema 28(3): 785-790. PDF fulltext