Brachymeles

Brachymeles
Brachymeles muntingkamay
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia (paraphyletic)
Order: Squamata (paraphyletic)
(unranked): Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Scincinae (see text)
Genus: Brachymeles
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Species

38, see text.

Brachymeles is a genus of skinks (lizards in the family Scincidae).

Taxonomy

Brachymeles is usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae, which seems to be paraphyletic however. Apparently part of a clade which does not seem to include the type genus Scincus, it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily. (Austin & Arnold 2006)

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Brachymeles.

References

  1. "Brachymeles ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading


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