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Saiphos (genus)

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Saiphos
Scientific classification
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Saiphos

Species:
S. equalis
Binomial name
Saiphos equalis
(J.E. Gray, 1825)
Distribution of the Three-toed Skink
Synonyms

Genus-level:

  • Siaphos
    J.E. Gray, 1839 (unjustified emendation)

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