Feylinia
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Feylinia is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). It is usually placed in the monotypic[1] subfamily Feylininae.
However, it appears to be not as distinct as formerly presumed, but rather somewhat closer to such genera as Chalcides and Sepsina. These are usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae, which seems to be paraphyletic however.
Feylinia belongs to a major clade which does not seem to include the Scincinae type genus Scincus. Thus, it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily. (Austin & Arnold 2006)
Species
The following six species are recognized.[2]
- Feylinia boulengeri Chabanaud, 1917Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Feylinia currori Gray, 1845Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - western forest feylinia
- Feylinia elegans (Hallowell, 1854)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - elegant feylinia
- Feylinia grandisquamis L. Müller, 1910Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - large-scaled burrowing skink
- Feylinia macrolepis Boettger, 1877Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Feylinia polylepis Bocage, 1877Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - manyscaled feylinia
References
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- ↑ Genus Feylinia at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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Further reading
- <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Austin JJ, Arnold EN (2006). "Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers". (HTML abstract)